http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/thang-ngo/ Thang Ngo (@thangngo) was a Fairfield Councillor (1999-2008).  He successfully lobbied for the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into Cabramatta in 2000 that helped make the suburb a safer place.  He authored a 2002 Churchill Trust Fellowship report on strategies to improve the relationship between NSW Police and ethnic communities. These days he’s works in media by day.  Thang is currently ALC (Audio and Language Content) Strategy and Planning Manager at SBS. By night he’s a food writer (Feast Magazine, Everyday Eats) and publishes one of Australia’s most popular food blogs,  http://www.noodlies.com.  He’s a one time guest judge on Junior MasterChef, but you’re more likely to hear him muse about food on ABC and commercial radio. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/The-great-wall-of-cabramatta/ On Tuesday night, four shots were fired into the front of a Wetherill Park home. Inside a woman and her two children were sleeping. This incident was the ninth shooting to take place in Sydney in eight days. NSW Police have not laid any charges and have voiced their frustration, blaming the “wall of silence” in the community. On Saturday, 25 May 2002, a man shot and wounded seven people including a child attending a wedding at a restaurant in Cabramatta. There were 140 witnesses in the New World Restaurant but no one was able, or willing, to give a clear description of the gun man. It seems the more things change, the more they stay the same. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Thang Ngo) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/The-great-wall-of-cabramatta/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/The-great-wall-of-cabramatta/#item7570 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:00:16 +0000 Thang Ngo | Author bios | The Punch