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David Spratt

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Silence facilitates climate disinformation, and the government is complicit

As extreme weather intensifies and disinformation spreads, the government’s silence on climate change is undermining public understanding and...

24.03.2026 20

Pearls and Irritations

David Spratt

Authoritarianism is undermining climate action – and time is running out

08.02.2026 9

Pearls and Irritations

David Spratt

Climate hot takes for 2025

17.12.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

David Spratt

A tribute to Ali Kazak

03.11.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

David Spratt

Australia’s climate assessment fails on sea-level rise risks and vulnerable communities

11.10.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

David Spratt

Australia’s first National Climate Risk Assessment has been a long time coming

18.08.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

David Spratt

New National Climate Risk Assessment – more omission than commission?

02.08.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

David Spratt

New National Climate Risk Assessment - more ommision than commission?

01.08.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

David Spratt

Faster than forecast, accelerated warming creates a climate time-bomb for the Albanese government

24.06.2025 9

Pearls and Irritations

David Spratt

How bad can climate damage get? Worse than you imagine

23.06.2025 10

The Examiner

David Spratt

How bad can climate damage get? Worse than you imagine

23.06.2025 10

Canberra Times

David Spratt

Ali Kazak and the transformation of the politics of Palestine in Australia

05.06.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

David Spratt

2025 is the crunch year in the scientific contest about accelerated warming

28.04.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

David Spratt

Government refuses to articulate ‘frankly terrifying’ security risks

17.03.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

David Spratt

Climate and security risks? Shhh, says the Albanese Government

14.01.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

David Spratt