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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Pre-election pledgeHigher Education

Group of graduates holding diplomas. Picture: iStock

Unis call for more than just debt relief

Universities have welcomed the Albanese government’s pledge to slash student debt, but have stressed the need for urgent reform to the sector fee structure to offer real relief.

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Path to TreatyNation

The committee includes Wiradjuri and Filipino man and first Federal Court Judicial Registrar Indigenous appointment Ivan Ingram (L), Torres Strait Islander woman and chief executive of the Torres Strait Regional Authority Vonda Malone, Joshua Creamer, Guwamu woman and publisher and first Queensland Corrective Services Aboriginal Commissioner Cheryl Buchanan, and Queensland Supreme Court judge Roslyn Atkinson AO. Picture: Mikaela Mulveney

Queensland government issues cease notice to Truth-Telling Inquiry

The Queensland government has ordered an immediate end to hearings.

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challengeNation

18/9/2024: Inquiry chair, Joshua Creamer on the first day of sitting for the Truth Telling & Healing Inquiry, at the convention centre in South Brisbane. pic: Lyndon Mechielsen/Courier Mail

Crisafulli told to ‘front up’ on Indigenous truth telling

The new Queensland Premier has been challenged to show his face in Aboriginal communities after ordering an immediate stop to Truth-Telling and Healing Inquiry hearings.

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Queensland electionPolitics

TikTok push a winner for Miles

The Labor campaign machine that successfully turned long-term politician Steven Miles into a TikTok star is believed to have helped stave off an inner-city ‘Greenslide’.

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MelbourneNation

McGrath Geelong auctioneer David McGuiness and listing agent Egle Skridulis conduct the auction at 38 Marendaz Rd, Waurn Ponds.

City’s property prices finally show signs of life

Melbourne’s property market has rallied through October, rising for the first term after a prolonged downturn, while the pace of price gains reignited across most capital cities.

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QueenslandPolitics

David Crisafulli at the home of Victor White and daughter Cindy Micallef, Thursday, October 31, 2024 - Picture: Richard Walker

Crisafulli axes truth-telling inquiry, pumped hydro scheme

The new Queensland Premier has cancelled a landmark ‘truth-telling’ inquiry, as his newly elected LNP government immediately shuts down work on a mega pumped hydro project.

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Queensland electionNation

Ex-Labor minister hopeful of hanging on to state seat

One of Labor’s rising stars is on track to clinch back her Gold Coast seat in what is emerging as one of the tightest contests of the Queensland election.

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LNPNation

28/10/2024: Ariana Doolan, 22, the newly elected LNP MP for Pumicestone, on the beach in front of her home in Beachmere, north of Brisbane. The electorate, which includes Bribie Island was one of the most hotly contested and aggressive contests in the state, with the unions attacking the young woman for living at home in a series of attack ads. pic: Lyndon Mechielsen / The Australian

State’s youngest ever female MP brings a breath of fresh air

The energetic young MP says she is focused on representing her community just as much as she is on completing her dual Bachelor of Environmental Science and Business from Griffith University.

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Queensland electionNation

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos OCTOBER 26, 2024 QLDVOTES24: LNP leader David Crisafulli during the party function in Brisbane. Picture: NewsWire/Tertius Pickard

Newspoll accurate on state election

Newspoll has successfully predicted the result of the Queensland election and managed to capture the late campaign swing towards Labor.

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Queensland electionNation

Meaghan Scanlon and Bianca Stone were at a polling centre in Nerang today.25 October 2024 Nerang Picture by Richard Gosling

Five seats in doubt as ballot count continues

The political future of two former Labor ministers remains uncertain as the electoral race in a several Queensland seats runs red hot.

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