Come inside the RBA's media lock-ups to see how we report on interest rates and financial risks

Phones are collected from journalists before we receive a copy of a report. (ABC News: Michael Janda)

In an era where many people struggle to put down their phone for 90 seconds, imagine handing it over for 90 minutes.

That's what happens on a regular basis at the headquarters of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) a fine example of 1960s' Bauhaus — many would say brutalist — architecture that watches over Sydney's historic Martin Place financial district.