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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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AUCTION 136 VICTORIA ST BEACONSFIELD: Auctioneer Thomas McGlynn selling to a large crowd in Beaconsfield. The 2 bedroom house sold for $1.4 million

Seller confidence high as capitals go gangbusters

Seller confidence was on display in the penultimate auction week of the year, with a significant annual jump in homes sold.

Mackenzie Scott

Tourism hotspotTravel

6/12/2019: Swiss tourist Damian Unger, 27, lounging by the pool at the Ventura Beach Motel on the Gold Coast. Damian met the developers of this lovely retro Palm Springs style motel while overseas and travelled to the Gold Coast to stay. Lyndon Mechielsen/The Australian

Aussie dazzlers a travel-crowd hit

Perth and the Sunshine Coast are climbing the list of Australia’s top tourist destinations.

Mackenzie Scott

Property

A render of Macquarie Telecom Group's new $80m Intellicentre 3 (IC3) data centre in Sydney. Supplied

Work starts on IC3 data centre

Macquarie Telecom’s $80m state-of-the-art data centre in Sydney has begun construction after earlier delays.

Mackenzie Scott

Property

Stockland green light for M_Park

Property developer Stockland has received the green light to start work on its $500m commercial precinct.

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housingProperty

Century 21 owner Charles Tarbey, who was in Perth recently. Picture taken in the lobby of the Hyatt.

Rate cuts ‘won’t fire up housing’

Economists have played down the prospect that interest rate cuts in the new year will turbocharge the property market.

Mackenzie Scott

PropertyProperty

Other developments by Ecove, adjacent to the Opal tower on Australia Avenue at Sydney Olympic park. Opal tower has been closed since structural damage and cracking occured. Picture: John Appleyard

Opal Tower builder blames engineer

The builder of Sydney’s ill-starred Opal Tower has gone to court to throw blame back on the project’s engineers.

Mackenzie Scott

PROPERTYProperty

2/12/19: Philip Hakim and his partner, Sarah Aldred. He is selling is selling his $11m Rose Bay mansion. John Feder/The Australian.

Price lift sparks Christmas sales

Sydney price growth has outpaced Melbourne as market growth accelerates, new data shows.

Mackenzie Scott and LISA ALLEN

At HomeProperty

22nd November 2019.At home with Steve Baxter and his wife Emily.Photo: Glenn Hunt / The Australian

One big happy family

The Baxter home in Cleveland, south of Brisbane, is palatial, modern and much loved.

Mackenzie Scott

SCHOOLIES TRAGEDYNation

General pictures of the Gold Coast - Hilton Hotel, Surfers Paradise Photo: David Clark

Fatal plunge: teens warned of ‘dark place’

Schoolies on the Gold Coast have banded together to honour a teen who fell to his death from a 42nd-floor balcony.

Mackenzie Scott

SUNNYBANK HILLS TRAGEDYNation

A funeral company staff member leaves the scene with a bag. Police at a crime scene at Sunray Street in Sunnybank Hills. Pic Peter Wallis

Dead baby’s twin dies in hospital

The twin sister of a baby girl who died in what appears to be a sleeping accident also has died.

Mackenzie Scott

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