Recent articles by Mark Gaetani

4 August 2025
A fairer tax and welfare system for Australia 2025 with no-one left behind? Only if we act now
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s re-election speech brought a promise many of us hold close to our hearts: together we are turning the corner, and together we will make our way forward with no-one held back and no-one left behind.

9 August 2024
Gambling Alliance is spot-on about disappointing ad ban
The Albanese Government’s apparent unwillingness to properly implement the recommendations of the Parliamentary inquiry into online gambling is, as the Alliance for Gambling Reform puts it, ‘bitterly disappointing’ in the view of St Vincent de Paul Society in Australia.

10 February 2024
Pope Francis would find PNG refugee conditions an eye-opener
In December, an impressive young Papua New Guinean named Jason Siwat, the director of the refugee program for the Catholic Bishops Conference of PNG and the Solomon Islands, travelled to Canberra bearing two important documents.