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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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30th April 2021.Athletics coach Tokuko Pitt and decathlon athletes Cedric Dubler and Ash Moloney at the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre.Photo: Glenn Hunt / The Australian

Athletes award a ten out of ten for Mrs Pitt

Behind every Olympian there are unsung heroes. Meet the woman who for 51 years has trained the next generation of Brisbane’s gold medal hopefuls.

Mackenzie Scott

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29/4/2021Keziah Solomon, 22, in the frame of her first home which is being built in Forrestdale.Pic Colin Murty The Australian

Surging HomeBuilder grant puts tradies to work

Builders in the smaller states are under the pump on the back of the pandemic HomeBuilder stimulus.

Mackenzie Scott

inquest shockNation

The Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub after the fire bombing.

Whiskey Au Go Go murderer dies in UK

Fire bomber James Finch, convicted over the horrific nightclub blaze that killed 15 people, has died.

Mackenzie Scott

PropertyProperty

Developer Don O'Rorke from Consolidated Properties Group shares his vision for the future of Brisbane's inner city skyline, Brisbane CBD Monday 9th November 2020 Picture David Clark

Density rising as buyers look upwards

Higher density housing is creeping into the outer suburbs of major cities.

Mackenzie Scott

PropertyPolitics

Labourers works on the timber frame of an unbuilt house at a housing estate at Deer Park in the outer western suburbs of Melbourne, Wednesday, May 23, 2012. (AAP Image/David Crosling) NO ARCHIVING

Affordability nudges first-deposit buyers

The government’s latest iteration of the popular 5 per cent deposit scheme for first home buyers to build new homes has proven disproportionately popular in Queensland and WA, new data finds.

Mackenzie Scott

exclusiveLegal Affairs

Queensland Deputy police Commissioner Steve Gollschewski, The Queensland Government StatisticianÃs Office Ã Recorded Crime Report 2019-20, on Friday 23th April, 2021 - Photo Steve Pohlner

‘Men can pay to hit women’: courts swamped with DVOs

Staggering figures reveal the extent of domestic violence order breaches across Australia, with most offenders let off with fines.

Nicola Berkovic and Mackenzie Scott

domestic violenceNation

Brian Johnston is the estranged husband of Kelly Wilkinson and has been charged with her murder at Arundel on the Gold Coast Picture Facebook

Accused killer was US bankrupt

The former US marine accused of setting alight Gold Coast mum Kelly Wilkinson in her own backyard had previously filed for bankruptcy in his home state of Ohio.

Mackenzie Scott

PropertyProperty

Daniel, Kate Morton with baby Pippa 4 and dog Macey at their property in Goodwood. Story is on the rising number of new properties coming onto the property market. As sellers come to market at greater levels, house prices growth is expected to slow. Friday 19 March 2021 Pic Roy VanDerVegt.

Buyers swoop on property market

With a likely slowdown in property price gains on the horizon, homeowners are listing their homes on the market at record numbers but not enough to satisfy demand.

Mackenzie Scott

MansionProperty

14 Matong St, Hendra hit the market after a total knock-down and rebuild which was only completed this month.,

Hendra home a long way from Hamptons

The clean and crisp Hamptons style is still a popular design choice, but this ultra-modern home in Hendra breaks the glass ceiling.

Mackenzie Scott

Kelly WilkinsonNation

Kelly Wilkinson's dad Reg Wilkinson. Picture: Tertius Pickard

Fire-death mother pleaded for protection

A Gold Coast woman burned to death in an alleged rampage by her estranged husband begged police for help in recent weeks fearing for her life.

Michael McKenna and Mackenzie Scott

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