Mackenzie Scott

Mackenzie Scott is a property and general news reporter based in Brisbane. Prior to joining The Australian in 2018, she was the editorial coordinator at NewsMediaWorks, covering media and publishing, and editor at travel and lifestyle website Xplore Sydney.

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FEEDING THE CHOOKSFeeding the Chooks

LNP candidate for Mirani Glen Kelly and Leader of the Opposition David Crisafulli taste testing rum during a tour of the Sugar Shed, Sarina. Picture: Liam Kidston.

Crisafulli: Not a conviction politician on abortion

LNP leader David Crisafulli calls himself a conviction politician. So why can’t he tell Queenslanders what he believes about abortion?

Michael McKenna, Lydia Lynch, Sarah Elks and Mackenzie Scott

Queensland electionNation

10/10/2024: Greens QLD state election candidates (L-R) Rebecca White for Greenslopes, Holstein Wong for McConnel, Katinka Winston-Allom for Cooper and Liam Flenady for Miller , together on the Brisbane river at Kangaroo Point cliffs . pic : Lyndon Mechielsen / The Australian

Greens campaign targets disillusioned urban voters

The Greens have knocked on the doors of more than 105,000 homes across Queensland, attempting to recreate the ‘Greenslide’ success achieved at a federal level in 2022.

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Ride-on mower caseNation

Composite of Frances Crawford and her husband who has been charged with her murder. Picture : Supplied

Philandering pilot on murder charge after wife found dead

An RAAF squadron leader alleged to have had a string of international and domestic love affairs has been charged with murder after the recent death of his wife.

Mackenzie Scott

EXCLUSIVENation

Premier Steven Miles and Member for Bulimba Di Farmer visit some businesses on Oxford Street, Bulimba where they met Lotte Pickett (cranky baby) and Madeline Burwin. Pics Adam Head

Public service wage bill up 75pc

Queensland’s public service wage bill has exploded by more than 75 per cent in the near-decade since Labor was elected in 2015, despite the government struggling to recruit enough frontline police, teachers and health staff.

Sarah Elks, Mackenzie Scott and Lydia Lynch

Queensland electionNation

Labor MP for Cooper, Jonty Bush, and her colleague in the neighbouring electorate of Ferny Grove, Mark Furner, are at odds over a service road proposed to run between the electorates.

Fork in the road for Labor neighbours

A social media biff has erupted between Labor MPs in neighbouring suburban Brisbane seats as they aim to appease voters over a 1km service road running between their electorates.

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Queensland electionNation

Leader of the Opposition David Crisafulli visits Stan William Park to announce the Manunda Sports Precinct Redevelopment, Cairns. Picture: Liam Kidston.

Crisafulli’s $50m anti-crime canoe camps

Children who wag school will have their phones confiscated and be sent on taxpayer-funded camps to canoe and learn coding under a LNP plan to drive down youth crime rates in Queensland.

Lydia Lynch and Mackenzie Scott

State electionNation

Sandstone Point, October 6 2024. Queensland Premier Steven Miles during a visit to Sandstone Point in Moreton Bay. Picture: Tertius Pickard

Third-party lobby restrictions ‘very hard’: Miles

Queensland Premier Steven Miles says it is too difficult to force in-house lobbyists into the state’s transparent lobbying regime despite warnings from the crime and corruption watchdog that it is a ‘corruption risk’.

Mackenzie Scott and Lydia Lynch

‘Time to move on’Nation

Former South Australian Liberal leader David Speirs has made an announcement that will quit parliament after confirming his house was raided by armed police. Picture: Facebook/Supplied.

‘Something sinister’: ex-Lib leader quits politics over drug scandal

South Australia’s former Liberal opposition leader David Speirs will quit parliament after armed police raided his home and charged him with drug supply offences.

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BRISBANE 2032Nation

Leader of the Opposition David Crisafulli with the Division 5 Metro WomanÃs team during a visit to the Pine Rivers Football Club. Picture: Liam Kidston.

Gabba for the Olympics? Crisafulli is open to it

Queensland election frontrunner David Crisafulli has left the door open to reviving plans to overhaul the Gabba as Brisbane’s marquee Olympic stadium.

Lydia Lynch and Mackenzie Scott

FEEDING THE CHOOKSFeeding the Chooks

15/9/2024: The Premier Steven Miles, along with Deputy Premier Cameron Dick , Grace Grace Member for McConnel Minister for State Development and Infrastructure and Transport Minister Bart Mellish , announce the extension of the 50c public transport fare system, in Newstead, Brisbane. pic: Lyndon Mechielsen/Courier Mail

Labor to lose two Brisbane seats to Greens

Queensland Labor is at risk of losing two of its Brisbane seats to the Greens, leaked union-funding polling shows, and while Annastacia Palaszczuk’s TV debut has surprised some, others closer to the former premier say she fancies herself a talk-show host.

Michael McKenna, Sarah Elks, Lydia Lynch and Mackenzie Scott

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