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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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Politics

The Story Bridge pictured from the Howard Smith Wharf Precinct, Brisbane 14th of November 2018. #SnapBrisbane for CNN City North News. (AAP Image/Josh Woning)

Activists to defy protest court order

Refugee activists are threatening to defy a Supreme Court order against a planned sit-down protest on Brisbane’s Story Bridge.

Mackenzie Scott and Charlie Peel

exclusiveTechnology

28/07/20 Halie Tennant received a face graft after receiving burns to her face in an accident while camping. It is only the second time the use of a solution underneath the skin called Biodegradable Temporising Matrix (BTM), which acts as a type of filler foam to stimulate capillary growth for attachment and repair after deep burn injury, has been used on such an extensive injury in Australia. Aaron Francis/The Australian

Tech lets Halie face a brighter future

Camping with a friend, Halie Tennant fell asleep in a camp beside a fading fire. Minutes later, she woke up with her face in the flames.

Mackenzie Scott

Property

7/08/20 Matt Condon is Ray White's chief Victorian Auctioneer who will be calling auctions from his home for the next 6 weeks as a result of COVID-19 lockdowns in the state. Aaron Francis/The Australian

Sales fast-tracked to avoid lockdown

Melbourne was the second-strongest performing auction market this weekend despite stage-four COVID—19 lockdowns according to CoreLogic.

Mackenzie Scott

ExclusiveNation

Mansion sales keep virus at bay

The sprawling Yaloak Estate, sporting one of Victoria’s biggest mansions, has been sold to Chinese interests after being put on the block last year for $50m.

Ben Wilmot and Mackenzie Scott

AT HOMEProperty

26th June 2020.At Home: Lisa Curry and husband Mark Tabone at the property on the Sunshine Coast. Photo: Glenn Hunt / The Australian

Water under the bridge

A scattering of sheds and buildings across Lisa Curry’s sprawling property comprises the puzzle pieces that make the house a home.

Mackenzie Scott

Higher Education

UQ VC Professor Deborah Terry August 2020 Professor Deborah Jane

New V-C back home and into storm

New University of Queensland vice-chancellor Deborah Terry says she is ‘absolutely committed to freedom of speech’.

Mackenzie Scott

PropertyProperty

Matt Hanley and Kieran Hayes prepare the concrete formwork for a new house in Redlynch.

WA set to overtake Victoria as top builder

Victoria set to lose top spot for home building as demand falls, while WA could be poised for a post-virus revival.

Mackenzie Scott

CONSTRUCTIONProperty

Two cranes are reflected on the side of a high-rise building in Melbourne on May 5, 2020. - Australia's economy is losing 4 billion Australian dollars (2.5 billion USD) every week its virus shutdown continues, while a million workers have already lost their jobs in the crisis, according to figures announced on May 5. (Photo by William WEST / AFP)

‘Construction will be at a fraction of the pace’

Victoria imposes tough rules on running building sites as it tackles coronavirus but seeks to keep construction at ‘pilot light’ levels.

Ben Wilmot and Mackenzie Scott

PropertyProperty

SOLD under auctioneer James Keenan.110 Morehead St, Waterloo NSW.Picture: Darren Leigh Roberts

Virus worries speed property price falls

Melbourne lockdowns are set to further dent property confidence after price declines there and in Sydney picked up pace in July.

Mackenzie Scott

LIVE: CORONAVIRUS CRISISNation

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MAY 19: A Australia post worker delivers mail to Cedar Meats on May 19, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. Staff at the Cedar Meats in the Melbourne suburb of Brooklyn have started to return to work from Monday 18 May, as the meat works resumes operation of its cold storage facility. The abattoir was at the centre of a coronavirus (COVID-19) cluster outbreak with 100 cases linked to the site. All 350 onsite staff at Cedar Meats were tested for COVID-19, after one of the abattoir workers tested positive to the virus on April 27. (Photo by Darrian Traynor/Getty Images)

Cedar Meats staff return to isolation

The Melbourne abattoir at the centre of the largest covid cluster in Victoria has sent staff back into isolation as another employee tested positive for coronavirus.

Stephen Lunn, Rachel Baxendale, Remy Varga and Angelica Snowden

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