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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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Climate

11/3/2019 : Abby Taylor cools down with son Ashton 6, at the local swimming pool in Bundamba, near Ipswich, west of Brisbane. The south east of QLD has experienced above average temperatures, with the Ipswich area constantly a number of degrees higher than Brisbane city. Lyndon Mechielsen/The Australian

El Nino watch as temps soar

The mercury soared almost 10C above average in southeast Queensland yesterday, linked to an emerging El Nino pattern.

Mackenzie Scott

Health and Science

The AustralianJohn CaldwellJOH N WAS DIAGNOSED IN HIS LATE 40'S WHEN THE CANCER WAS IN ITS EARLY STAGES (DETECTED BY PSA TEST). giVEN THE OPTION TO WAIT IT OUT BUT OPTED FOR TREATMENT. CURRENTLY CANCER FREE AND RUNNING A SUPPORT GROUP.Photographed at the Gold Coast Hockey Centre. John has been involved in Hockey for the past 24years.Photography : Russell Shakespeare

Prostate tests find harmless cancers

Almost half of all prostate cancers detected through common screening tests in Australia have been unnecessarily diagnosed.

SEAN PARNELL and Mackenzie Scott

Prestige Property

Tanamera, 44 Island Point Road Port Douglas, The Pink Company PDMG REAL ESTATE

Top-end homes at bargain prices

A sluggish Port Douglas luxury market means it is a great time to be a buyer in the seaside city.

Mackenzie Scott

The Nation

Surfers descend on Kirra as tropical cyclone Oma brings big swell. Picture by Luke Marsden.

Oma goodness: a break to die for, and some might

Surfers live for days like this — a cyclone hovering out at sea, whipping up a break to die for on Queensland’s Gold Coast.

Jamie Walker and Mackenzie Scott

State Politics

A drone picture taken of the Ross River Dam at 6pm, January 31 when it was at 154 per cent capacity. Pic: Brooks Steff

No order to open floodgates

Townsville City Council withdrew an instruction to open the floodgates after the dam operator insisted on a formal directive.

CHARLIE PEEL and Mackenzie Scott

The Nation

Corinne and Mark Russell with kids Lola, 3, and Penny, 2, are about to auction their Tallebudgera Valley home. The last three months of 2018 saw auction clearance rates plumb lows of just over 40 per cent, down from 62 per cent a year ago. Picture by Luke Marsden.

Super auction tests buyers’ market

A Gold Coast auction of more than 100 properties on Monday will test just how much of a buyers’ market it has become.

TURI CONDON and Mackenzie Scott

The Nation

Australian Opposition Leader Bill Shorten addresses the media at Albert Park, Melbourne, Sunday, January 13, 2019. Mr Shorten has made an announcement pledging increased funding to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. (AAP Image/James Ross) NO ARCHIVING

Littleproud rejects call for inquiry into ‘ecological disaster’

The government has rejected Labor’s call for an inquiry into the “ecological disaster” that caused the mass death of fish last week.

Mackenzie Scott

State Politics

20/12/2018: Marisa Vecchio A.M owner of Hanworth House, one of BrisbaneÕs oldest residences, outside the Tattersalls Club in Brisbane. The club has narrowly voted in favour of allowing female members . Lyndon Mechielsen/The Australian

Tatts gets 3000 member requests

The club’s president said there had been 3000 inquiries to join immediately after Wednesday night’s vote to allow females to join.

Mackenzie Scott

State Politics

Anger as club lifts ban on women

One of Australia’s last men’s only clubs will now open its doors to women after members backed the historic change.

Michael McKenna and Mackenzie Scott

The Nation

Angela Egan and her husband Russell Egan support the vote for Tattersalls Club in the Brisbane CBD to start accepting female members.

Christmas cheer at Tattersall’s but gents have a question to answer

The last of the votes are being cast among the male-only ranks of Brisbane’s Tattersall’s Club over admitting female members.

Michael McKenna and Mackenzie Scott

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