Weir's involvement in the show had been made public months in advance due to paparazzi publishing photographs of her filming at Palm Beach.
[3] Weir was attending an audition for another acting job when her agent called to inform her that she had won the role of Mackenzie.
"[3] Jackie Brygel of New Idea also noted that buying the restaurant does not seem like Mackenzie's only reason for moving to the Bay, and dubbed the character "mysterious" and "fiery".
"[7] He also joked that he was offered the role because he had played a farmer on A Place to Call Home for six years, and the producers might have thought he seemed "like a bloke off the land".
[7] Muggleton said she was "thrilled" to be cast in Home and Away, adding "Thirty years was a long time to wait, but it was worth it!
Wendy asks Jasmine how she met Robbo, and how she feels about him having a child with Tori Morgan (Penny McNamee).
Wendy and Ian talk, and deciding to accept the situation, they offer to cook a roast dinner and make up the spare room for Jasmine.
Months later, Ian and Wendy come to Summer Bay to meet their granddaughter Grace Morgan for the first time.
They disapprove of Robbo's living situation, and later ask him and Jasmine to move to the countryside and raise Grace on the farm.
Robbo and Jasmine inform Wendy and Ian that they will move to the farm in four weeks time, after the trial of the Ouroboros gang is over.
Ian gives a eulogy at the funeral and tells the mourners a story about Robbo and his friend Lance Salisbury (Angus McLaren), whose father is in attendance.
Her friends Irene Roberts (Lynne McGranger) and Colby Thorne (Tim Frankin) come to the farm and tell Ian and Wendy about Jasmine's recent behaviour towards Grace and Tori.
[9] She revealed that her first day took place on the hospital set and described it as "a real baptism of fire, a really hectic, crazy trauma situation" that her character is in control of.
[9] Ventoura described her character as "a complex woman with a lot of layers", while Jackie Brygel of New Idea said Alex has "a fabulously intriguing past".
[9] On her first day in charge of the Northern Districts Hospital ED, Alex attempts to treat a man who has been tortured by the Ouroboros gang, and learns that nurse Jasmine Delaney (Sam Frost) has to be accompanied an AFP officer.
Alex uses hypnotherapy to help Jasmine's husband Robbo (Jake Ryan) recover his lost memories.
Raffy talks with Alex when she suffers another seizure and mentions that Mason ran an illegal CBD oil trial for her.
She also finds a new medicinal marijuana trial for Raffy and treats Scott Larkin (Trent Baines) when he is shot.
She records a video about her sexual assault for Leah Patterson's (Ada Nicodemou) blog, which Irene watches in preparation for her trial for attacking Tommy O'Reilly (Adam Sollis).
The following day, Teresa turns up at the pier covered in blood and tells Irene and Bella that her hands were not tied, so she fixed it.
[13] Morrissey planned to use her role to challenge beauty standards, as she does not fit the usual body types seen on the show.
[14] Ryder Jackson (Lukas Radovich) is attracted to Jade, so he befriends her and helps her secure employment at local restaurant, Salt.
"[15] The character made her last appearance on 6 February 2020, after being driven out of Summer Bay by Ryder, whom she falsely blamed for uploading a sex tape of them to the internet.
Ryder pays the money back when their boss Mackenzie Booth (Emily Weir) notices the till is $50 down.
Jade invites Ryder back to her caravan, but she asks him to leave in the morning when he questions her about taking the money.
Ryder confronts Jade, who refuses to take responsibility for her actions and she convinces Mackenzie and Bella Nixon (Courtney Miller) that he is guilty.
Jade tries to seduce Nikau in the store cupboard, but he stops her, finds her phone, which is set up to record them together, and takes it.
Ryder and Nikau find her searching for it and stop her, the resulting confrontation brings attention to them from the wedding guests, thus exposing Jade's lies to everyone.
Ryder and Alf Stewart (Ray Meagher) tell Jade to leave town or else they will call the police on her with all the evidence they have.
He confirmed that Ari's full name is Ariki Wiremu Parata and that he was born in New Zealand, before moving to Australia.