Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Editor's Note (2/9/26): "In this episode we state that Phuong Ngo is still being held in the Goulburn Supermax prison. In fact, he was transferred to Macquarie Correctional Centre in 2020."
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John Newman was an Australian politician, shot dead in his own driveway, while he was still in office. The gunman has never been found.
Newman was the State MP for the south-western Sydney electorate of Cabramatta. At the time of his death, the suburb was in the throes of a massive heroin epidemic.
Host: Aslan Pahari
Producer: Hannah Jose
Audio Engineer: Emrys Cronin
Video Producers: Tejas Bhat, Dylan Behan
Special thanks: Michael Osmond for archives research
Supervising Producer: Kyla Slaven
Executive Producers: Joel Werner, Eric George, Jessica Radburn
To binge even more great episodes of ASSASSINS with Aslan Pahari go the ABC listen app (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. There you'll find more stories of the world’s most shocking assassinations – from the lone wolf hitman to the professional assassin, you’ll hear how famous figures like Abraham Lincoln, Benazir Bhutto, Ramses III, Tupac and Gandhi met their end.Subscribe: ab.co/3yqPOZ5
Chapters
00:00 Intro
03:23 Cabramatta Station in the 90s
05:11 Cabramatta’s Underworld
08:19 Phuong Ngo
09:54 Sister City
11:27 Murder of a politician
14:32 Trials and Conviction
16:09 Aftermath
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Editor's Note (2/9/26): "In this episode we state that Phuong Ngo is still being held in the Goulburn Supermax prison. In fact, he was transferred to Macquarie Correctional Centre in 2020."
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John Newman was an Australian politician, shot dead in his own driveway, while he was still in office. The gunman has never been found.
Newman was the State MP for the south-western Sydney electorate of Cabramatta. At the time of his death, the suburb was in the throes of a massive heroin epidemic.
Host: Aslan Pahari
Producer: Hannah Jose
Audio Engineer: Emrys Cronin
Video Producers: Tejas Bhat, Dylan Behan
Special thanks: Michael Osmond for archives research
Supervising Producer: Kyla Slaven
Executive Producers: Joel Werner, Eric George, Jessica Radburn
To binge even more great episodes of ASSASSINS with Aslan Pahari go the ABC listen app (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. There you'll find more stories of the world’s most shocking assassinations – from the lone wolf hitman to the professional assassin, you’ll hear how famous figures like Abraham Lincoln, Benazir Bhutto, Ramses III, Tupac and Gandhi met their end.Subscribe: ab.co/3yqPOZ5
Chapters
00:00 Intro
03:23 Cabramatta Station in the 90s
05:11 Cabramatta’s Underworld
08:19 Phuong Ngo
09:54 Sister City
11:27 Murder of a politician
14:32 Trials and Conviction
16:09 Aftermath
Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated.
#ABCNewsIndepth #ABCNewsAustralia
