On Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia will host a knees-up for staff, its first in two years, as a thank you for the commitment shown by its boffins during the COVID-19 crisis.

It’s been a tough period for the central bank, which lost its deputy governor Guy Debelle, now a modern slave to Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest, amid a wider battle to attract and retain staff lured by fatter pay packets at major commercial institutions.