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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QUEENSLAND ELECTIONNation

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos OCTOBER 4, 2024: Peter Dutton speaks to the media at a Beyond DV announcement during the oppositionÃs election campaign. Picture: NewsWire/Tertius Pickard

Dutton to woo Crisafulli on nuclear

Peter Dutton will attempt to win over his Queensland counterpart on nuclear power should the LNP form government at the state election.

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Queensland electionPolitics

2/10/2024: Joshu Turier and Roz (who is too afraid to be fully identified) ,are two of the trio behind the Jewish Collective, which is plastering billboards around Brisbane saying the Greens have lost their vote, this one is in Chapel Hill, Brisbane. pic: Lyndon Mechielsen/The Australian

‘Don’t stand for us’: Marginalised groups’ Greens backlash

A grassroots Queensland Jewish group has joined with Hindu and Iranian groups to launch a campaign against the Greens, declaring the party ‘no longer stands for all minorities’.

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Buyers marketNation

The Daily Telegraph Saturday 28 September 2024Hot Auction - RydeAuctioneer Thomas McGlynn conducts an auction at 17 Pooley St Ryde. Picture Thomas Lisson

Good sign for buyers in ‘for sale’ upturn

Property prices stabilised through September as the spring selling season brought an influx of new homes onto the market, giving buyers greater choice.

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Electric VehiclesNation

24/09/2024: Eddie Kocwa, co owner of the BOSSCAP Group, with one of the Ford Lightning F-150 EV utes specially made for the Brisbane Airport Corporation, at Brisbane airport. The company modifies the US made ute into Australias only EV 4x4 ute, at their factory in Brendale, Brisbane pic: Lyndon Mechielsen/The Australian

Brisbane biochemist takes a left turn on EV production

Ten years after the demise of Australia’s car industry, Eddie Kocwa has an assembly line to convert the US’s most popular electric ute for use in Australia and the Pacific.

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FEEDING THE CHOOKSFeeding the Chooks

Shannon Fentiman door-knocking in her electorate of Waterford this month. Picture: Facebook

Shock secret poll: Labor star in trouble

Shannon Fentiman, the woman most likely to be Labor opposition leader if Steven Miles is trounced on October 26, is in strife in her own safe Labor seat.

Sarah Elks, Michael McKenna, Lydia Lynch and Mackenzie Scott

Queensland votesNation

IPSWICH , AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - SEPTEMBER 26, 2024: Premier Steven Miles arrives to make a health announcement at Ipswich Hospital.Picture: NewsWire / Glenn Campbell

Miles mulls rent move to woo inner-city voters

Steven Miles may consider taking a rental cap policy to the Queensland election next month in an attempt to fend off the threat from the Greens in urban electorates.

Lydia Lynch and Mackenzie Scott

Tax concessionsPolitics

Australian property post pandemic: Is it cheaper to buy or rent your next home?

First-home buyers in negative gear crossfire

The removal of negative gearing would make it harder for young people to get a foot onto the property ladder through reinvesting as more investors rely on the tax concession.

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Truth-TellingNation

L to R, Steve Gollschewski Commissioner, and Cameron Harsley Deputy Commissioner, announce a Review of Queensland Police Service watchhouses, Police HQ, Roma St Brisbane City, Tuesday 6th August - Photo Steve Pohlner

Top cop to mend ‘chequered past’ with Indigenous people

Queensland police commissioner Steve Gollcheske has admitted the force has a ‘chequered past’ with First Nations peoples but has told an inquiry work is being done to improve the relationship.

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PropertyNation

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos SEPTEMBER 14 2023. Generic housing & real estate house generics. Pic shows aerial view of suburban rooftops in Summer Hill, taken by drone. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Max Mason-Hubers

Rigid bank rules stifle home ownership: HIA

A leading housing body has claimed Australia’s heavily regulated banking system needs to allow more homeowners to fall behind on their mortgage repayments if first-home buyers numbers are to rise.

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boomer levelsNation

Alex Corbally-Vaselli and Mercedes Ferdinands settled on their first home in Adelaide on Friday. South Australia experienced the most significant decline in affordability over the past year, according to PropTrack. Picture Matt Turner.

‘I’ve never seen this class of people’: mortgage burden approaching 1990s pain

Australian homeowners are feeling mortgage repayment pressure similar to baby boomers who paid 17.5 per cent interest in 1990 as housing affordability slumps to the worst levels on record.

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