Michael Burrill’s final Current Affairs Wrap highlights the US’ amnesia in the middle east, the UN study of migrants and the call for tighter gun control.
Current Affairs Wrap: Turnbull, Shorten, Violence against women
Michael Burrill’s Current Affairs Wrap, touches on Malcolm Turnbull’s doublespeak, Shorten’s proposal and his ability to predict the future.
Current Affairs Wrap: Libspill, Jeremy Corbyn, Putin
Michael Burrill’s Current Affairs Wrap faces ever changing Auspol beyond Libspill, Corbyn’s election in the UK and Vlad’s fingers on Syria.
Current Affairs Wrap: Syrian refugees, Donald Trump, Yemen
Today’s Current Affairs Wrap on potential outcome for the 12,000 Syrian refugees, the trouble in Yemen and Donald Trump’s latest ally.
Current Affairs Wrap: Dyson Heydon, Australian Border Force, IS
Michael Burrill’s Current Affairs wrap this week covers Australia’s increased profile in Syria, the Australia Border Force fiasco and a potential cover-up from Manus Island.
Current Affairs Wrap: Climate Change, Dyson Heydon, Jacqui Lambie
Michael Burrill’s Current Affairs Wrap features the climate change debate, the Dyson Heydon problem and the reasoning behind Jacqui Lambie’s bill.
Anti-political correctness: A country gone mad
Michael Burrill mounts a counter-argument to reactionaries claiming that political correctness has gone too far…unfortunately for them, bigotry cloaked in faux concern or outrage is still bigotry.
Current Affairs Wrap: Entitlements, Israel, Abetz, Trump
Michael Burrill’s Current Affairs Wrap tackles the PM’s plan to investigate parliamentary entitlements, the awkward Abetz family past, friction in the Holy Land and the ongoing Trump funnies.
Current Affairs Wrap: Donations, entitlements, Syrian Kurds and Turkey, Gina, Don
Michael Burrill tackles parliamentary funding, Turkey’s bombing of IS/Kurd targets and Gina’s firesale to China, all in this week’s Current Affairs Wrap.
Current Affairs Wrap: Shenhua Mine, Iran, Greece, Alan Jones
Our man Burrill’s wrap this week tackles the Shenhua coal mine blowback, the Greek bailout, Iran and Donald Trump’s dalliance with the Cartel.
Current Affairs Wrap: Ray Martin, Q&A inquiry, The Environment
In this week’s current affairs wrap, the returning Michael Burrill questions Ray Martin’s credentials to scope Q&A, and the blurring line between Abbott and Shorten. As I return from a fortnight in which I undertook a deep and independent review of my life (it was found to be deeply inadequate, as usual), the fallout…
Slacktivist support shields us from our own hypocrisy
Michael Burrill wishes we could lose the “knights in shining armour” act we adopt when it comes to showing support for some popular issues and acknowledge we’re mucky handed and in the mire just like everyone else.
Current Affairs Wrap: Freedom in Love It or Leave It Land
Michael Burrill’s #CurrentAffairsWrap covers the Zaky Mallah fallout, anti-terror legislation overseas and accusations from Nauru.
Citizenship: Sacred bond or political weapon?
Michael Burrill offers his own take on the tightening of citizenship legislation and foresees Tony Abbott’s vision of the future.
Current Affairs Wrap: Russia, Revocation of citizenship for extremists, AWU
Michael Burrill’s #CurrentAffairsWrap tackles our PM’s removal of citizenship for extremists, the thawing of the Cold War and the emergence of Trump.
Current Affairs Wrap: Tones, Sarah Hanson-Young and Jeb Bush
A policy and politic special as Michael Burrill delivers TBS’ #currentaffairswrap, in a week of Sarah Hanson-Young, Joe Hockey, Pete Dutton and co dominating Australian news.
On being a writer, avoiding the w#nk zone and being true to the craft
Michael Burrill says there’s more to being a writer than drinking whiskey and wearing a waistcoat – it’s about capturing the intangible and uncovering the (often elusive) truth.
Current Affairs: Citizenship, Nauru, IS, indigenous affairs and TPP
Michael Burrill’s #currentaffairswrap, TBS’ weekly news wrap up: citizenship, Nauru, IS, indigenous affairs and the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Current Affairs: Sheikh Hasina and Tony Abbott playing same asylum seeker tune
Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina cops a fair whack from Michael Burrill in his Current Affairs Wrap, although, as usual, ‘Tone’ doesn’t escape, and, unsurprisingly, both relate to the treatment of asylum seekers.
Current Affairs Wrap: “Nope Nope Nope” – the new Abbott mantra
A good week in the world’s news? Nope nope nope, according to PM Tony Abbott. Michael Burrill brings TBS the weekly #currentaffairswrap: jihadists, people smuggling and worst of all, the PUP… Indonesia and Malaysia agreed this week to assist the 7,000 people still floating around out at sea, and shelter them for up to one…
Current Affairs Wrap: Free speech, IS, Syria
Brutality and the suppression of free speech are the order of the day in Michael Burrill’s weekly current affairs wrap – whether it be in Texas, the Middle East or care of our very own asylum seekers policy.
Current Affairs: Scott McIntyre, Charlie Hebdo, the Greens, #Bali9 and PEN
Looking at the Scott McIntyre firing, #Bali9 executions, Charlie Hebdo and PEN, and the Greens, the concept of “freedom” in its many forms stands out as the issue of the week in Michael Burrill’s #CurrentAffairsWrap.