Bernard Salt

Bernard Salt is widely regarded as one of Australia’s leading social commentators by business, the media and the broader community. He is the Managing Director of The Demographics Group, and he writes weekly columns for The Australian that deal with social, generational and demographic matters.

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COMMENTARYThe Weekend Australian Magazine

King Charles III delivers his address following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Picture: Getty

This speech by King Charles is a masterpiece in communication

In a world where communication skills can shape a career, this speech delivers lessons for us all. Here is why I love it so much | WATCH

Bernard Salt

COMMENTARYThe Weekend Australian Magazine

FemaleTeenage American skater flying an American flag

Inside the Americanisation of Australian youth culture

By 1972, ‘guy’ replaced ‘bloke’ in Australian vernacular. Buddy never did, and hopefully never will, replace mate.

Bernard Salt

‘HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT’Nation

Suburban roof tops with beach; Australian housing overhead generic

Seven million share ‘secret’ lifestyle zone

There’s a reason locals don’t want this newly-discovered demographic wall that defines modern Australia revealed: they want to keep it all to themselves.

Bernard Salt

looking aheadProperty

A minimalist urban scene featuring contemporary structures, splashes of vivid colors, clean white pathways, and dotted with small, stylized trees

Clues about who wants what from properties of future

The Census shows that it’s not so much beanbags, free lunches and camaraderie that office workers in may want but rather buildings that can land them a better job down the track.

Bernard Salt

COMMENTARYThe Weekend Australian Magazine

The world was a more trusting place in my youth

In so many ways we have created a better, fairer, healthier, more inclusive society than that which existed 60 years ago. And rightly so. But there are bits of the past worth preserving.

Bernard Salt

COMMENTARYThe Weekend Australian Magazine

I loved the formative years of my working life

Starter jobs, student jobs, teenager jobs, call them what you will, they all have something to offer that is even more valuable than money.

Bernard Salt

COMMENTARYThe Weekend Australian Magazine

Asian young girl using smartphone on bed at night.

Is this a healthy use of your time?

What is the longest non-sleeping time interval in any day during which you are not engaged with your phone?

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PropertyProperty

Sydney wakes up to another grey morning on 8th January 2021 as the school holidays continue with more storms and rain in the capitol. Generic views taken around Milson's Point towards The City. (Pictures by Julian Andrews.

Building tomorrow: How Australia can thrive as global population explodes

The global population could soar to 11 billion by 2100, bringing enormous opportunities for Australia’s resources and skills, writes Bernard Salt.

Bernard Salt

COMMENTARYThe Weekend Australian Magazine

Why does the significance of this late 20th century invention remain unrecognised?

Along with the Pill and the motor car, this design idea has been an agent of great social and cultural change.

Bernard Salt

COMMENTARYThe Weekend Australian Magazine

How we think and talk about our country is evolving

Will the Australians of the 22nd century, like us and like the Australians of 1939, happily believe that their land, their continent, is the place to be – and that their way of life is worth defending?

Bernard Salt

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