Rod Moffatt
@politikarma.bsky.social
Pragmatic progressive.
Tired of career party hacks who consider political office an entitlement.
Believe neoliberalism has concentrated wealth & accelerated inequality.
Accept anthropogenic climate change threat is existential.
Enjoy landscape photography
Tired of career party hacks who consider political office an entitlement.
Believe neoliberalism has concentrated wealth & accelerated inequality.
Accept anthropogenic climate change threat is existential.
Enjoy landscape photography
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Mitt Romney Is Right: Tax the Rich Before the Pitchforks Come Out
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Mitt Romney Is Right: Tax the Rich Before the Pitchforks Come Out
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Mitt Romney Is Right: Tax the Rich Before the Pitchforks Come Out
The One Percent’s Problem Isn’t Envy. It’s Math.
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December 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Mitt Romney Is Right: Tax the Rich Before the Pitchforks Come Out
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Mitt Romney Is Right: Tax the Rich Before the Pitchforks Come Out
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Richly rewarded for creating misery
Bet365 founder Denise Coates was paid roughly £287 million ($388 million) in 2025, retaining her title as one of the world’s best-paid executives even as her gambling empire’s earnings slumped. Read more: bloom.bg/4aZbQFK
📷: Bet365/PA Media
📷: Bet365/PA Media
December 23, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Richly rewarded for creating misery
Autonomous vehicles…FFS
With all the challenges the world faces, is this really the most pressing priority for society.
Methinks not!
With all the challenges the world faces, is this really the most pressing priority for society.
Methinks not!
free gift article: once again waymos fuck up. THEY ARE DANGEROUS. there are lots of incidents that have been reported, the reports go nowhere. I reported to DMV & Waymo when the car drove right around me in a crosswalk tho I had the right of away, per california vehicle code.
Waymo Suspended Service in San Francisco After Its Cars Stalled During Power Outage
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Autonomous vehicles…FFS
With all the challenges the world faces, is this really the most pressing priority for society.
Methinks not!
With all the challenges the world faces, is this really the most pressing priority for society.
Methinks not!
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"Terrorism isn’t only an attack on lives, it is also an attack on confidence – confidence in institutions, in social trust and in the idea that democracies can remain both secure and free. If Bondi becomes just another episode of blame followed by forgetfulness, we’ll have failed ourselves." #auspol
A good piece:
“The danger after Bondi isn’t only that we ask the wrong questions but that we answer them too quickly. Symbolic policymaking may reassure anxious electorates, but it rarely improves security outcomes.”
www.smh.com.au/national/aft...
“The danger after Bondi isn’t only that we ask the wrong questions but that we answer them too quickly. Symbolic policymaking may reassure anxious electorates, but it rarely improves security outcomes.”
www.smh.com.au/national/aft...
After Bondi, we crave certainty – but quick fixes are dangerous
We won’t make Australia safer with rapidly conceived solutions for the massacre. They could make us less safe.
www.smh.com.au
December 22, 2025 at 9:19 PM
"Terrorism isn’t only an attack on lives, it is also an attack on confidence – confidence in institutions, in social trust and in the idea that democracies can remain both secure and free. If Bondi becomes just another episode of blame followed by forgetfulness, we’ll have failed ourselves." #auspol
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How power works in Australia. #auspol
And the biggest compo payout for Robodebt victims is ... drumroll ... Scott Morrison!
Vics get $1k, we pick up Scomo's $461k legal bill although *he knew*
@mrrexpatrick.bsky.social FOIs are back.
#MerryChristmas #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/biggest-comp...
Vics get $1k, we pick up Scomo's $461k legal bill although *he knew*
@mrrexpatrick.bsky.social FOIs are back.
#MerryChristmas #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/biggest-comp...
And the biggest compo payout for Robodebt victims is ... Scott Morrison! - Michael West
Compare Robodebt victims' compo to the quantum of Scott Morrison's publicly funded legal fees. It's shameful, reports Rex Patrick.
michaelwest.com.au
December 23, 2025 at 8:27 AM
How power works in Australia. #auspol
The Zionist march continues…
December 23, 2025 at 9:32 AM
The Zionist march continues…
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"Islamic Terrorism" since 2001 has claimed the lives of less than 30 Australians. Sad that this is.
Women killed by their intimate partners in 2025 stands at 62 plus 24 children. Where's the outcry.
#AusPol
Women killed by their intimate partners in 2025 stands at 62 plus 24 children. Where's the outcry.
#AusPol
December 23, 2025 at 5:00 AM
"Islamic Terrorism" since 2001 has claimed the lives of less than 30 Australians. Sad that this is.
Women killed by their intimate partners in 2025 stands at 62 plus 24 children. Where's the outcry.
#AusPol
Women killed by their intimate partners in 2025 stands at 62 plus 24 children. Where's the outcry.
#AusPol
With so many being left behind in Australia, like USA - angry are turning to charlatans like Hanson, who they consider a political disrupter.
Yet @jimchalmers.bsky.social thinks diverting $8.4 billion to ‘debt reduction’, instead of into service delivery, will be popular.
U don’t get it ALP
#auspol
Yet @jimchalmers.bsky.social thinks diverting $8.4 billion to ‘debt reduction’, instead of into service delivery, will be popular.
U don’t get it ALP
#auspol
December 23, 2025 at 9:12 AM
With so many being left behind in Australia, like USA - angry are turning to charlatans like Hanson, who they consider a political disrupter.
Yet @jimchalmers.bsky.social thinks diverting $8.4 billion to ‘debt reduction’, instead of into service delivery, will be popular.
U don’t get it ALP
#auspol
Yet @jimchalmers.bsky.social thinks diverting $8.4 billion to ‘debt reduction’, instead of into service delivery, will be popular.
U don’t get it ALP
#auspol
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This story should be framed not so much about ABC management's 'defence' of Tingle and Ferguson.
But that the pro-Israel lobby and its proxies in politics and media continue to try to monster the public broadcaster into submission. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
But that the pro-Israel lobby and its proxies in politics and media continue to try to monster the public broadcaster into submission. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
ABC defends Laura Tingle and Sarah Ferguson amid ‘unfounded’ criticism of Bondi shooting coverage
Hugh Marks calls questions about media’s role in wake of mass tragedy ‘understandable’ but says reviews must be ‘factual and accurate’
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:41 AM
This story should be framed not so much about ABC management's 'defence' of Tingle and Ferguson.
But that the pro-Israel lobby and its proxies in politics and media continue to try to monster the public broadcaster into submission. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
But that the pro-Israel lobby and its proxies in politics and media continue to try to monster the public broadcaster into submission. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
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About f*cking time, Bowen & @albomp.bsky.social , provided it's not the kind of policy your 'donors' regularly buy from the ALP & LNP. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #auspol
‘Historic’ gas reservation policy to force major producers to set aside up to a quarter for Australian use
Chris Bowen announces long-awaited policy aimed at lowering energy prices on Australia’s east coast
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:09 AM
About f*cking time, Bowen & @albomp.bsky.social , provided it's not the kind of policy your 'donors' regularly buy from the ALP & LNP. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #auspol
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And the biggest compo payout for Robodebt victims is … Scott Morrison! https://michaelwest.com.au/biggest-compo-payout-for-robodebt-victims-is-scott-morrison/ #auspol
And the biggest compo payout for Robodebt victims is ... Scott Morrison! - Michael West
Compare Robodebt victims' compo to the quantum of Scott Morrison's publicly funded legal fees. It's shameful, reports Rex Patrick.
michaelwest.com.au
December 23, 2025 at 3:29 AM
And the biggest compo payout for Robodebt victims is … Scott Morrison! https://michaelwest.com.au/biggest-compo-payout-for-robodebt-victims-is-scott-morrison/ #auspol
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Australians are rightly shocked and disgusted by Sussan Ley accusing the Labor govt of not showing enough grief at the Bondi attack. The sick politicisation of terrorism by the Liberals - ignoring calls for unity - has been so ugly. Days before Christmas. Shame on all of them!
December 23, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Australians are rightly shocked and disgusted by Sussan Ley accusing the Labor govt of not showing enough grief at the Bondi attack. The sick politicisation of terrorism by the Liberals - ignoring calls for unity - has been so ugly. Days before Christmas. Shame on all of them!
This should be the default position for renewable energy projects…public ownership.
Why on earth dumb politicians have subsidised private renewables projects is beyond comprehension.
Private ownership is a recipe for public to be continually screwed by price-gouging energy providers
#auspol
Why on earth dumb politicians have subsidised private renewables projects is beyond comprehension.
Private ownership is a recipe for public to be continually screwed by price-gouging energy providers
#auspol
December 23, 2025 at 3:03 AM
This should be the default position for renewable energy projects…public ownership.
Why on earth dumb politicians have subsidised private renewables projects is beyond comprehension.
Private ownership is a recipe for public to be continually screwed by price-gouging energy providers
#auspol
Why on earth dumb politicians have subsidised private renewables projects is beyond comprehension.
Private ownership is a recipe for public to be continually screwed by price-gouging energy providers
#auspol
Changes to parliamentary travel rules now touted by @albomp.bsky.social are long overdue…including default standard of flying economy class…as Gough once demanded of his ministers…or ‘pissants’…as he colourfully described them
#auspol
#auspol
December 23, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Changes to parliamentary travel rules now touted by @albomp.bsky.social are long overdue…including default standard of flying economy class…as Gough once demanded of his ministers…or ‘pissants’…as he colourfully described them
#auspol
#auspol
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I doubt Ley shed a single tear for the 72000 killed in Gaza & it's even harder to believe she even shed a single tear for the victims of Bondi given how quickly she leapt into action (within hours) to use their deaths to gain personal political advantage.
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Coalition attacks Penny Wong for not shedding ‘a single tear’ after Bondi shooting, says ‘multicultural nirvana’ has failed
Coalition MPs also, without evidence, link government’s decision to recognise Palestinian state to Bondi terror attack at extraordinary press conference
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I doubt Ley shed a single tear for the 72000 killed in Gaza & it's even harder to believe she even shed a single tear for the victims of Bondi given how quickly she leapt into action (within hours) to use their deaths to gain personal political advantage.
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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#LNPPartyForTheOligarchs lost their way a long time ago
December 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
#LNPPartyForTheOligarchs lost their way a long time ago
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Despite the mainstream media's fawning support, Oppn Leader Sussan Ley's spiteful attack on the PM and Penny Wong, AND her hateful divisive, fear-mongering rhetoric post-Bondi, she now looks like an entitled private schoolgirl cosplaying as Pauline Hanson. #auspol #BondiBeachAttack #racism
December 22, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Despite the mainstream media's fawning support, Oppn Leader Sussan Ley's spiteful attack on the PM and Penny Wong, AND her hateful divisive, fear-mongering rhetoric post-Bondi, she now looks like an entitled private schoolgirl cosplaying as Pauline Hanson. #auspol #BondiBeachAttack #racism
Perhaps Looney Ley, and her redneck LNP should take a reality check before mounting a vitriolic spray at ALP politicians over the Bondi massacre.
Her pejorative populist performance pandering to Zionist elements was pathetic and devoid of perspective.
Shame Sussan, Shame!
#auspol
#BondiMassacre
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Her pejorative populist performance pandering to Zionist elements was pathetic and devoid of perspective.
Shame Sussan, Shame!
#auspol
#BondiMassacre
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#Netanyahu failed to prevent the Hamas massacre of 1,600 Jews, then proceeded to slaughter more than 70,000 innocent Palestinians.
Yet the rag tag remnants of the LNP and Australian Zionists blame @albomp.bsky.social for the Bondi massacre of 15 Jews.
This IS tawdry political opportunism
#auspol
Yet the rag tag remnants of the LNP and Australian Zionists blame @albomp.bsky.social for the Bondi massacre of 15 Jews.
This IS tawdry political opportunism
#auspol
Why is it that Jewish people boo @albomp.bsky.social when he arrives for #Bondi vigil but support #Netanyahu who allowed 1200 Israelis to be slaughtered by Hamas then murdered 70000 innocent people in Gaza. It reeks of hypocrisy.
December 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Perhaps Looney Ley, and her redneck LNP should take a reality check before mounting a vitriolic spray at ALP politicians over the Bondi massacre.
Her pejorative populist performance pandering to Zionist elements was pathetic and devoid of perspective.
Shame Sussan, Shame!
#auspol
#BondiMassacre
👇👇
Her pejorative populist performance pandering to Zionist elements was pathetic and devoid of perspective.
Shame Sussan, Shame!
#auspol
#BondiMassacre
👇👇
#Netanyahu failed to prevent the Hamas massacre of 1,600 Jews, then proceeded to slaughter more than 70,000 innocent Palestinians.
Yet the rag tag remnants of the LNP and Australian Zionists blame @albomp.bsky.social for the Bondi massacre of 15 Jews.
This IS tawdry political opportunism
#auspol
Yet the rag tag remnants of the LNP and Australian Zionists blame @albomp.bsky.social for the Bondi massacre of 15 Jews.
This IS tawdry political opportunism
#auspol
Why is it that Jewish people boo @albomp.bsky.social when he arrives for #Bondi vigil but support #Netanyahu who allowed 1200 Israelis to be slaughtered by Hamas then murdered 70000 innocent people in Gaza. It reeks of hypocrisy.
December 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
#Netanyahu failed to prevent the Hamas massacre of 1,600 Jews, then proceeded to slaughter more than 70,000 innocent Palestinians.
Yet the rag tag remnants of the LNP and Australian Zionists blame @albomp.bsky.social for the Bondi massacre of 15 Jews.
This IS tawdry political opportunism
#auspol
Yet the rag tag remnants of the LNP and Australian Zionists blame @albomp.bsky.social for the Bondi massacre of 15 Jews.
This IS tawdry political opportunism
#auspol
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youtu.be/mrGvs49CxeQ?.... Just the facts #Auspol
Politicising a Terror Attack | Scam of the Week
YouTube video by The West Report
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December 22, 2025 at 7:08 AM
youtu.be/mrGvs49CxeQ?.... Just the facts #Auspol
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Dear Media.
A Royal Commission is not a way of showing how seriously an issue is being treated.
A Royal Commission is only needed when witnesses or documents need to be compelled.
Who are you accusing of evading a normal inquiry?
A Royal Commission is not a way of showing how seriously an issue is being treated.
A Royal Commission is only needed when witnesses or documents need to be compelled.
Who are you accusing of evading a normal inquiry?
December 22, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Dear Media.
A Royal Commission is not a way of showing how seriously an issue is being treated.
A Royal Commission is only needed when witnesses or documents need to be compelled.
Who are you accusing of evading a normal inquiry?
A Royal Commission is not a way of showing how seriously an issue is being treated.
A Royal Commission is only needed when witnesses or documents need to be compelled.
Who are you accusing of evading a normal inquiry?
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Apparently all the odious right wing politicians past and present now pretend to be Jewish.
Did Dickens write about this?
Stop Ghouls politicising mass murder!
Did Dickens write about this?
Stop Ghouls politicising mass murder!
December 22, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Apparently all the odious right wing politicians past and present now pretend to be Jewish.
Did Dickens write about this?
Stop Ghouls politicising mass murder!
Did Dickens write about this?
Stop Ghouls politicising mass murder!
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Our months long investigation on the increasingly violent tactics of Israeli settlers, supported by the IDF, to seize land from Palestinians in the West Bank.
Land Grab: Inside Israel’s Escalating Campaign for Control of the West Bank (Gift Article)
Israeli seizure of Palestinian lands in the West Bank, often brutally, has accelerated, raising doubts about the prospects of a peaceful solution to the conflict.
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Our months long investigation on the increasingly violent tactics of Israeli settlers, supported by the IDF, to seize land from Palestinians in the West Bank.
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Get on board. The @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social is a great and important organisation
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SIGN ✍️ We will not be divided after Bondi
Add your name to the Jewish Council petition today
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December 22, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Get on board. The @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social is a great and important organisation
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