‘Third-world’: Bleak photo shames booming Aus suburb

A booming southwest Sydney suburb has been slammed as “third-world” after a bleak roadside photo captured a mum pushing a pram along a gravel shoulder just metres from a major shopping centre, exposing the ugly infrastructure fail in one of the city’s hottest property pockets. In Austral and neighbouring Leppington, locals say the area’s breakneck growth has left families dodging traffic, trudging beside busy roads and risking their safety simply to get to school, the shops or public transport. MORE NEWS ‘I disagree’: Australian council bans non-English signs ‘Costly headache’: Investor’s shock $1.2k lawn bill ‘Intolerable’: Suburban rooster fight claims latest victims For Monique, 26, the moment that tipped her over the edge came last week as she drove past Leppington Village on Ingleburn Rd and saw a mother wheeling a pram on the side of the road. “It was taken 100 metres away from Woolies,” she told Yahoo News. “I’ve just had enough of seeing it. I felt helpless because I can’t do anything.” A booming Sydney suburb where house prices have soared past $1.2m has been branded “third-world” after a shocking roadside photo showed a mum forced to push a pram along a gravel shoulder ne...