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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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Jane Eyre shaken and stirred

Teaming up with Aria award-winning Superjesus frontwoman Sarah McLeod, the group has reimagined Charlotte Bronte’s dark romance for modern audiences.

Mackenzie Scott

MansionProperty

Lofty trend a site for soar eyes

Luxury developers are bringing more penthouses to the market in a bid to appeal to cashed-up local and expatriate owner-occupiers.

Mackenzie Scott

PropertyProperty

Cameron Holt, CEO of Avid Property Group. Supplied

Avid’s Villa merger ‘timely’

Avid Property’s Cameron Holt says the acquisition of Villa World has been well timed with a recovery in construction on the cards.

Mackenzie Scott

Commercial propertyProperty

Adelaide, AUSTRALIA, July 08, 2019: Eveving busy traffic in King William Street with tramline roadworks near Victoria Square, Adelaide CBD. Pic by Alex Aleshin

Defence, aerospace drive Adelaide office market

The space and defence industries are proving the turning point for sentiment in the Adelaide office market.

Mackenzie Scott

Property

Forced listings spike as confidence wanes

The number of forced commercial property listings has spiked in Melbourne.

Mackenzie Scott

exclusiveProperty

Tekaniwha (TK) Ahipene and partner Laura Donnelly with their daughter Isla at the investment property they recently purchased in the Hobart suburb of Glenorchy.11/10/2019photography Peter Mathew

Investors look south

Hobart has seen the most rental yield growth over the past five years, significantly outpacing Sydney and Melbourne.

Mackenzie Scott

Property

7/10/2019 : Charu Kokate world leading architect and designer behind the Marina Bay Sands and Jewel Changi Airport in Singapore, at her hotel in Brisbane. Lyndon Mechielsen/The Australian

Amenity key to airport’s design

When leading architect Charu Kokate and her team take on a project, their mission isn’t to garner acclaim.

Mackenzie Scott

HousingProperty

Units and construction located on Union road in Penrith on Friday the 13th of October ,2017.There has been a boom in approvals of unit complexes in the St Marys and Penrith area.(AAP Image/ Justin Sanson)

Green shoots for housing construction

Despite being the first rise since December 2017, figures are still down 20 per cent year-on-year.

Mackenzie Scott

PropertyProperty

25/09/2019Jodie Fewster at her childhood home, daughter of late businessman Alan Bond's is taking to market the families former Perth mansion in Dalkeith.pic Colin Murty

Bond’s former Perth home for sale

The youngest child of Alan Bond and his first wife, has been tasked with selling her childhood home.

Mackenzie Scott

exclusiveProperty

5 Jamieson Street, Fitzroy North, Vic 3068

Buyers settle for second best

What if the banks, instead of holding on to a portion of the RBA’s cuts, had passed them on in full to customers?

Stephen Lunn, Mackenzie Scott and DAVID TANNER

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