Shannon Welch

Whooping cough cases are at their highest level in 35 years – so why the surge? This debilitating disease is particularly dangerous for babies, but can affect people at any age. Vaccination remains a key line of defence.

It is the most vulnerable in our society that suffer when people don’t trust the science 😞 theconversation.com/whooping-cou...

Coming into Sydney on Sunday afternoon 😬

Australia Day honours has a woman problem When we nominate men at twice the rate we nominate women, we cannot credibly express shock when the honours reflect that imbalance.

We need to value the work women do! www.afr.com/politics/fed...

Less than 1/3 of those given official honours today were women

Inside North Sydney pool as it inches closer to ‘the next big milestone’ The local council says entry fees for the new aquatic centre won’t be “outrageous”, despite the renovation’s hefty $122 million price tag.

A long time coming but we’re almost there😊https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/inside-north-sydney-pool-as-it-inches-closer-to-the-next-big-milestone-20260108-p5nsl2.html

‘It all flows’: commuters celebrate as new Sydney Harbour Bridge bike ramp opens First cyclists cross long-awaited $39m ramp, replacing notorious 55-step staircase and linking North Sydney to CBD

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... The ramp is a fantastic piece of infrastructure & is beautiful to boot.

NSW Labor Women’s forum #alp #labor #greatwomen

How we got conned into recycling by Big Plastic Rinsing that yoghurt tub was never going to solve the problem. We’ve all been fooled.

“extended producer responsibility laws” would mandate that producers and retailers fund collection and processing infrastructure, rather than leaving costs to local councils and ratepayers. www.smh.com.au/national/how...

Shannon Welch (@shannonwelch3) I started my activist journey fighting to keep the Northern Beaches Hospital a public hospital. The New South Wales Nurses & Midwives Association trained me as a delegate to help lead my colleagues in...

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Deal struck to bring Northern Beaches Hospital under government control The NSW government has reached an agreement with private operator Healthscope and receivers to bring Northern Beaches Hospital under government control costing taxpayers $190 million.

My activist journey began with the fight to keep NBH a public hospital. It should never have been privatised is the 1st place. Very happy to see it back in public hands www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

Happy Deepavali from North Sydney

North Sydney has come up 6th in the Australian Liveability Census. 🎉👏🎉

Career banker on mental health mission A new mental health network led by former NAB senior executive and founder of Judo Bank wants to connect patients with a national network of psychologists, psychiatrists and other mental health specia...

I hope this venture is successful www.smh.com.au/business/com...

North Sydney has achieved outstanding results in the 2025 Liveability Census, conducted by Place Score between 30 March and 30 June.With a score of 75/100, North Sydney ranks in the top 10% of council areas nationally

Balls Head Reserve has had significant vandalism with an unauthorised track of 250m made between Eagle Rock & the Western viewing platform. CCTV is now installed. It is believed it was done to access fishing sites. Just awful 😢

Windy in Sydney today

Today I joined Life’s Little Treasures Foundation for the Walk for Prems & The Mighty Trek. 💜

I pushed an incubator around Gore Hill Oval to raise awareness of the journey families of premature babies face. 🍼 1 in 7 babies in Australia is born prematurely.

What if it’s not social media? Young people around the world are in the middle of a mental health crisis. We want to blame Facebook and TikTok. What if we’re wrong?

We have effectively been institutionally gaslighting a whole generation of children and young people by telling them the problem lies between their ears, rather than in our economic and social policies,” www.smh.com.au/national/wha...

Labor claims victory in Kiama byelection A Liberal loss in Kiama had been expected to be a trigger for “mischief-makers” in the party to heap pressure on Opposition Leader Mark Speakman.

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‘By keeping energy spending local, communities retain more money in their own economies. This creates opportunities for small businesses and local services to flourish’.

These Sydney private school students can play in parks for free. That’s about to change A cash-strapped council is considering a new fee system that would force some of Sydney’s top private schools to pay to use public parks for recess and lunch.

It is only fair & will help with maintaining our parks #northsydney www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

The divisive plan to bulldoze 80 units to ‘make way for millionaires’ Developers want to raze a landmark building and replace it with high-end apartments. The local MP reckons they’re “having a laugh” at the housing crisis.

Council staff are doing research into how they can best stop developers from doing this in North Sydney post my motion to stop net housing loss in developments hhttps://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/the-divisive-plan-to-bulldoze-80-units-to-make-way-for-millionaires-20250815-p5mn9x.html

Mosman Labor Women getting together to discuss issues in a relaxed environment #alp #women
#politics

What England’s New National Cycling Network Needs to Get Rolling A plan to add or improve 3,500 miles of bike routes has the support of a dozen local mayors. Still, many hurdles remain before the network becomes truly national.

How to improve our cycling infrastructure & why it is important #cycling #environmentallyfriendly www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

North Sydney Council has been pushed to the financial edge by a pool redevelopment. Sarah Ferguson presents Australia's premier daily current affairs program, delivering agenda-setting public affairs journalism and interviews that hold the powerful to account. Plus political analysis...

History of the North Sydney Olympic Pool www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Private schools have a moral duty to pay council rates North Sydney is one of many councils losing out on millions in revenue due to a rates exemption for schools. It’s time for these rich institutions to pay up.

North Sydney is one of hte most dense education precincts in Australia.private schools do not pay rates.
#northsydney #rates www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

Father Chris Riley, founder of charity Youth Off The Streets, dies aged 70 NSW Premier Chris Minns has paid tribute to the “visionary work” of the Catholic priest who began the charity with a single food van in Kings Cross in 1991.

He was a good man. Vale Father Chris www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

You’re paid to cycle to work in France and the Netherlands. Sydney could be next Sydney commuters could be compensated for riding an e-bike or e-scooter to work, under a creative financial incentive scheme that has worked wonders in Europe.

Great idea 😍https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/you-re-paid-to-cycle-to-work-in-france-and-the-netherlands-sydney-could-be-next-20250609-p5m5uz.html