Treasurer Jim Chalmers said he wanted to ‘revitalise and renew and refocus’ the commission with Barrett’s appointment, recognising that ‘productivity has evolved’.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are also LGBTQIA+ are often not considered in research and policies. This can mean First Nations people have limited access services.

Helping our Southeast Asian neighbours make conditions better for refugees there will reduce the need for them to make dangerous journeys elsewhere.

Waging a war on ‘woke’ on issues from climate change to Anzac Day, the right-wing answer to ‘GetUp!’ is leading the ‘no’ vote against a Voice to Parliament.

The broad-ranging criticism is contained in the commission’s first review of the 2020 “National Agreement on Closing the Gap”

Support for the Voice to Parliament continues to slide - but there are some small glimmers of hope for the “yes” campaign.

Most people leaving prison face an uphill battle of service navigation that is too often deficit-focused, intentionally seeking out the failures of the individual and centred on punitive responses.

Ancient DNA from Ukraine uncovers the earliest evidence of the arrival of the ‘steppe ancestry’ – the last piece of the modern Western European genetic puzzle.

The surprising frequency of bees on coins through history shows the enduring importance to human societies of our buzzing companions.

It might seem like a simple concept, but to get ice cream right, you need three states of matter and a delicate interplay of chemistry.

The discovery is helping shed light on a vibrant ancient spice trade that spanned many thousands of kilometres.

A nuclear bomb is a bomb that makes explosions by changing the nucleus of an atom in a way that releases a lot of energy.

Astronomers have detected a long-running source of slow, repeating radio pulses that can’t be explained by current theories – but it’s probably not aliens.

Experiments show honey from Australian desert ants has potent antimicrobial power.

Twitter has been officially rebranded to X, in a process many would deem chaotic. But we can still try to make sense of it.