Treading heavily at the press freedom dinner

To the Press Freedom Day dinner in Sydney, where Fairfax investigative duo Richard Baker and Nick McKenzie’s joint speech left the audience feeling both inspired and old.

Elsewhere in the room, the collaborative media spirit was less easy to find, not least in the bidding for a case of Tulloch’s wine in the silent auction.

Early written bids from Nine’s Laurie Oakes and indeed Mumbrella, were later overtaken by generous bids by the Copyright Agency and somebody from Seven who should probably remain nameless.

The Copyright Agency guest managed to nip in with the final bid as the auction came to an end. Fair to say that the woman from Seven did not take it well when her late bid was not also accepted.