Yes, it’s sad. The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age were great newspapers in their day. They did not just report our national story. They shaped it. Then.

Today, we learn that the Fairfax name is going. It’s no surprise. For the past 20 years or so the vast majority of its journalists have behaved like the most puerile of soixante–huitards, not only biting the hand that feeds it but adding insult to injury.