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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Committal hearing

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JUNE 17, 2024: Former parliamentary staffer Bruce Lehrmann leaves Toowoomba Magistrates Court.Picture: NewsWire / John Gass

Lehrmann case back in court

Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann’s committal hearing over two rape charges resumes in a Queensland court on Thursday.

Queensland

Property sector urges independent review

Queensland treasurer Cameron Dick has been urged by industry to make a planned post-election review of property charges and taxes independent and without parliamentary influence.

Housing

Rajinder KumarÃs shell of a home at Griffin left half built by collapsed builder MSN Homes, for which he has been paying the construction costs for the last 3 years. Picture Lachie Millard

Shortfall likely as big home build starts

Housing industry experts expect have welcomed day one of the Albanese government’s plan to build 1.2m homes in the next five years but are anticipating a significant shortfall

North Queensland

Photos posted on social media from the scene of a horror Greyhound bus crash on the Bruce Highway between Bowen and Townsville. Picture: Supplied

Fatigue likely factor in bus crash

Queensland police are investigating whether fatigue played a factor in a weekend bus crash in the state’s north that left three women dead and two men fighting for life.

housing affordability

22/6/2024: Amity Williams, 20, near her current home in Coorparoo, Brisnbane. Amity decided to look to Logan in order to buy her first home, a standalone house, but quickly realised that was out of reach, so bought a townhouse instead, which she plans to move into in the coming months. pic: Lyndon Mechielsen/The Australian

‘Old and daggy’ best way to get on ladder

Apartments at the cheapest end of the property market have grown $100,000 in some capital cities over the past four years as the housing affordability challenge continues for buyers.

Wieambilla shooting

Attend the memorial service with full police honours for our fallen colleagues Constable Rachel McCrow and Constable Matthew Arnold, Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Boondall, on Wednesday 21st December 2022 - Photo Steve Pohlner

Cop ‘too traumatised’ to tell of fatal ambush

One of four police officers ambushed in a regional Queensland shootout that left two of them dead, and the former commissioner, both want to be excused from an inquest.

Environment

Cape York on path to World Heritage status

Parts of far north Queensland’s Cape York have secured a tentative place on the UNESCO World Heritage List, marking the first step in a years-long quest.

Party pressure

David Crisafulli talks at a media announcement at Parliament House on Sunday morning. Picture Lachie Millard

MPs push Crisafulli to back Dutton plan

Queensland LNP leader David Crisafulli must reverse his stance on nuclear power and get behind Peter Dutton’s energy plan, Coalition federal MPs in the state say.

education

Generic photo of a maths student in class. Picture: iStock

Early aid is key to stopping maths fail

Students struggling with mathematics are not getting the help they need early enough, which is causing them to fall further behind, new research has found.

POWER PLAY

19/6/2024: Blackbutt Avocado grower Adrian Bettwieser , with the existing power station in the distance behind him, reacts to the possibility of a nuclear power station being built in the future on the site of the Tarong coal power station, Blackbutt, QLDpic: Lyndon Mechielsen/The Australian

Early thumbs up in rural seats

The electorates of Callide and Nanango, both held by the LNP, are open – to different levels – to the idea of nuclear plants in their backyards.

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