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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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E-commerce giant Amazon has expanded into Queensland with a site at Goodman's Port Industrial Park in Brisbane. Supplied 11.6.20

Amazon makes Qld play

Online retail giant Amazon is continuing its Australian expansion with the acquisition of its first logistics site in Queensland.

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The REVY, Pyrmont. Developed by Aqualand, Architecture by PTW, Constructed by Infinity. Photography by The Guthrie Project.

Apartment developers ‘left out’ of HomeBuilder help

Apartment developers fear they have been left out of the Morrison government’s scheme to stimulate homebuilding.

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UNIONDALE, NEW YORK - MAY 27: An aerial view of a construction worker roofing an apartment home on May 27, 2020 in Uniondale, New York. The residential housing project by Garden City developers Engel Burman will provide approximately 150 construction jobs, help address a dire housing shortage, and support the County by retaining young professionals and senior citizens from fleeing the region. Today is the first day of Phase 1 of the states economic reopening plan on Long Island. Businesses that can partially re-open include construction, manufacturing, and in-store pick-up for retail establishments. Al Bello/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Developers want stimulus as home building approvals flatline

Hopes of grants grow for first home buyers looking to build their own property and for home renovators.

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AAP-MANLY DAILYPictures from the auction of 12/37 Morton Street Wollstonecraft as auctioneer Andrew Robinson brings the gavel down on the sale. (AAP Image / Julian Andrews).

May home sale listings rise

The lifting of bans on public auctions and open homes last month should help, but has yet to take effect, SQM Research says.

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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 10: Property sales signage is displayed in North Lakes on June 10, 2016 in Brisbane, Australia. Economic forecasts suggest Brisbane is on track to overtake Melbourne when it comes to the rate of growth in home values next year. The Hedonic Home Value Index predicts low interest rates and better employment conditions will see Brisbane house values 5.8 per cent in 2016 and 6.1 per cent in 2017. (Photo by Glenn Hunt/Getty Images)

‘Pretty good outcome’ for property

National property values edged lower during May but market watchers were expecting far worse, researcher Core Logic says.

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9th March 2020.At Home With Melissa Ambrosini and Nick Broadhurst in Noosa.Photo: Glenn Hunt / The Australian

Let the natural light shine in

If a home is a retreat from the the outside world, author Melissa Ambrosini and musician Nick Broadhurst aimed to escape as far as they could.

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Gamer Twitch.Amber Wadham, 23, is a full time gaming streamer on website Twitch. She primarily plays Call of Duty and Apex Legends, as well as new releases like Doom and Animal Crossing.Thursday 15 May 2020 Pic Roy Van Der Vegt

Home-bored fans stream to gaming

Online live-streaming site Twitch recorded a huge increase in viewership over the past six weeks.

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A Brisbane penthouse in the heart of the city at 105/540 Queen St has come on the market as restrictions on selling begin to loosen. Supplied

Prestige sales go off-market

The rollback of coronavirus restrictions on the real estate industry is hoped to result in a rise in luxury listings.

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15/05/20 Jade Lawton with her partner James Brick and daughter Indiana (5) and dog Ralph at their home in Chadstone which they are hoping to sell at Auction tomorrow. It will be one of the first to fire in Melbourne since restrictions were eased this week. Aaron Francis/The Australian

Hopes easing brings sellers back

An easing of restrictions on the property market may offer the temporary boost in confidence needed to reinvigorate buyers and sellers.

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13/05/2020 : Ana Milena 41, Colombian mature student, pregnant and stuck in a friends home in Everton Park, Brisbane. Ana arrived in November 2019 as an international, fee-paying student, had booked a ticket to travel back to her home in Colombia but as she flew from Perth to Brisbane, COVID-19 began closing borders around the world trapping her in Brisbane, and her husband in Columbia . Lyndon Mechielsen/The Australian

Mum-to-be stuck far from home

Colombian mother-to-be Ana Milena is facing mounting medical costs and uncertainty about where she will give birth.

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