Bernard Salt is a partner at KPMG and is based in Melbourne. He has established a reputation as a trend forecaster for business and government and is the bestselling author of The Big Shift, The Big Picture and Man Drought. At KPMG he heads a group of consultants who provide demographic advice to business and government. Salt’s views are regularly sought by the business community and by the general media. He writes twice weekly for The Australian newspaper, and appears regularly on radio and television programs including 7.30, Sunrise, Today Tonight, A Current Affair and 60 Minutes.