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Bernard Salt is one of the most quoted and widely-read social commentators in Australia. His books, columns, media appearances and corporate presentations are followed by many in business, government and the broader community.

  • The Big Shift

    Brings to life the shifts and shuffles that are impacting on the way in which Australians are settling their continent. The report is pacey and sometimes edgy in its interpretation of the statistics. It is also funny: Bernard Salt has an eye for quirky detail, guaranteed to entertain and amuse.

    Published Jun 2001
    ISBN: 187671929X

  • The Big Picture

    When did it become socially acceptable, or at least not unacceptable, for a young couple to have children out of wedlock? The answer is at some stage during the 1990s. In his groundbreaking new book, bestselling author Bernard Salt tackles this and countless other social and demographic questions currently facing Australia.

    Published Feb 2006
    ISBN: 9781740663878

  • Man Drought

    Why are there so many single women in their 30s? What’s an OFFAL? In this entertaining and insightful book, social commentator Bernard Salt answers these and many other pressing questions about contemporary Australia. Drawing on current census data and his own research, he presents a quirky, enlightening tour of the world we live in.

    Published Sep 2008
    ISBN: 1740665481

  • The Big Tilt

    Baby bust. Environmental blasphemy. The hotness delusion syndrome. These are just some of the intriguing new phenomena this next decade may yield. The past decade has provided us with a lot of fodder for prognostications—with Facebook and Twitter coming up from nowhere to suddenly dominate the culture, the iPhone’s complete transformation of communication, and the Wikileaks new world order, this decade has yielded much that would have been unthinkable in the once-futuristic-sounding year 2000.

    Published Jul 2011
    ISBN: 9781740668880

  • Decent Obsessions

    What is the etiquette of greeting your boss (of a different gender) in a social situation? Should you shake hands as you might in the office or should you air-kiss and if you air-kiss should it be a single peck on the cheek? Have you ever left a social function thinking “am I the only normal person in the world? Are you an ‘exciting’ or are you a ‘boring’ or maybe you’re an ‘earlyist’?

    Published Jul 2013
    ISBN: 9780522862737

  • More Decent Obsessions

    Have you ever become engrossed in a trashy magazine at the dentist, only to realise that it is a decade old? Why do ‘mates rates’ always favour the buyer and never the seller? Have you noticed the new trends in the language of cafe menus?

    Published Feb 2014
    ISBN: 9780522866926