Series: The Great Barrier Reef Cover-Up — Part 4: The Bleaching They Didn't Report

Part 4 of The Great Barrier Reef Cover-Up examines how repeated bleaching events were publicly framed: not necessarily hidden outright, but softened through language about resilience, recovery, tourism, and management. The argument is that the cover-up sits in the gap between scientific reality and public messaging — a gap that allowed Australia to treat escalating coral damage as a communications problem instead of a political reckoning. Draft only. Not published.