Your afternoon briefing: Tourist shot dead in New Zealand identified

Australian tourist shot dead in New Zealand identified and Israel Folau is ‘no problem’ for Rugby Australia’s finances.

The Australian man shot in New Zealand has been identified, and the newly appointed NSW Building Commissioner said the Mascot building evacuated in June is one of the most “poorly built” constructions he has ever seen.

Sean McKinnon has been named as the victim in the New Zealand shooting from today with his fiancee managing to escape.Picture: Facebook Source: https://www.facebook.com/sean.mckinnon.161?epa=SEARCH_BOX

Australian tourist shot dead in New Zealand identified

A man shot in a campervan as his terrified fiancée ran for her life has been named as it’s revealed the gunman drove for an hour with his body.

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SOUTHERN COURIER. The IGA mini supermarket on the ground floor of Mascot Towers, where residents were kicked out of because of cracks in the building in June. The IGA on Church street photographed today 7th August 2019. (AAP/Image Matthew Vasilescu)

Mascot Towers ‘most poorly built’

The evacuated Mascot Towers apartment block in Sydney’s south was one of the most “poorly built” constructions he had seen and the builder involved “shouldn’t really have been in the space doing it”, the newly appointed NSW Building Commissioner declared today.

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Ooshies and minis: A shopping must-have for some. A foreign language for others. Pictures: Supplied

The terrible truth in advertising

In a world of ooshies and minis, there’s an age where nobody cares if you buy what they’re selling, writes Jack the Insider.

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Ralene Castle, left, and Israel Folau.

Folau ‘no problem for rugby finances’

Rugby Australia chief executive Raelene Castle has played down suggestions sacked Wallaby Israel Folau could win up to $10 million from a successful unfair dismissal claim and declared that the sport’s finances are “fine’ as it confronts the law suit.