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Megan Gorrey

Megan Gorrey

Megan Gorrey is the Sydney editor at The Sydney Morning Herald.

Developer Toohey MIller is leveraging the state government’s affordable housing to build a luxury apartment block opposite Victoria Barracks.

‘It’s Paddo, not Rio’: The cheap Sydney units being replaced by penthouses with rooftop pools

Fancy a lavish apartment with its own rooftop pool in Sydney’s eastern suburbs? The existing block of flats will need to be bulldozed first.

  • Megan Gorrey

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Space is at a premium at Rookwood Cemetery.

The Sydney cemetery where the dead are buried twice

Alive or dead, Sydney is running out of space for its surging population.

  • Megan Gorrey
Cammeray Park and its golf course sits amid dense housing.

The government is carving up Sydney golf courses. It wants to save this one

The latest battle over the city’s fairways has sent a north shore council scrambling for legal advice.

  • Megan Gorrey
As many as 8500 homes will transform Bays West into a rare new suburb west of Sydney’s CBD.

Fancy living in Sydney’s next inner suburb? A one-bedder will set you back $2m

The NSW government wants to build 8500 homes west of Sydney’s CBD. The local MP warns it risks turning into “an exclusive waterfront enclave for the rich”.

  • Megan Gorrey and Max Maddison
The bulk of Glebe Island’s working port facilities will be scrapped for high-density housing around the future Bays West metro station.

Revealed: Sydney’s newest suburb in walking distance of the CBD

Glebe Island’s port operations will be relocated by 2030 as the Minns government releases its latest plans to ease the city’s housing crisis.

  • Alexandra Smith and Megan Gorrey
The Gordon apartment complex features 106 apartments across two buildings of seven and eight storeys.

This NSW housing authority has been inundated with proposals. Only two have been approved

Planning Minister Paul Scully says he’s not disappointed in the state’s housing approvals, but admits he would prefer to be “much further advanced”.

  • Megan Gorrey
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The 78ers march along Oxford Street in last year’s Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.

From protest to party: Sydney’s Mardi Gras route added to the national heritage register

The first Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade began nearly 50 years ago with the rallying cry “out of the bars and into the streets”. Now the Oxford Street route will be recognised for its significance to Australian history and culture.

  • Megan Gorrey
Render showing the new design for the Woolworths building opposite Sydney Town Hall.

The radical alternative to Sydney’s $150m civic square plan

The City of Sydney is forging ahead with divisive plans to bulldoze seven buildings to create a sprawling plaza opposite Town Hall.

  • Julie Power and Megan Gorrey
Dan Elkayam doing what he loved: playing football.

Dan was killed at Bondi. His friends want him remembered for so much more

Friends and former teammates have taken to a soccer field for the inaugural Dan’s Legacy Cup to pay tribute to passionate footballer Dan Elkayam.

  • Megan Gorrey
The Marlborough hotel in Newtown is a late-night hotspot.

‘Worse than lockouts’: Outcry over police plan to crack down on Sydney hotspot

Critics say a bid to introduce facial recognition cameras and booze restrictions at the popular late-night venue would have a “chilling effect” on crowds.

  • Megan Gorrey