There, on his doorstep, was a baby in a car capsule. But then the man saw a taxi leaving his street, Greenwood Avenue at Bankstown. There was a woman inside. That was 10am yesterday. Last night police and Department of Community Service welfare officers were talking to a woman about the child, a 7.3-kilogram boy thought to be about six months old.
Police believe the man's home was chosen at random.
The baby was well rugged against the cold, dressed in hand-knitted bright blue pants and matching booties, a dark pink beanie, white gloves and a tracksuit top with a motif of koalas playing basketball. The baby capsule contained a blanket, a pillow, a bag of clothing, baby milk formulae and cough syrup. But there there was no note, or anything revealing the child's name, said Sergeant Craig Miller, of Bankstown police. The baby was taken to Bankstown Hospital, where he remained last night under the care of the Department of Community Services. Doctors who examined the boy said he was suffering from congestion, which may be the result of asthma or a cold, but was otherwise in good health.