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States are pleading with the federal government to crack down on the importation and sale of dangerously fast e-bikes and e-scooters.

States demand e-bike crackdown amid deaths and fires

Victoria and NSW say dangerously fast e-bikes and e-scooters are being illegally ridden on Australian roads and killing and injuring more people.

  • Angus Delaney

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Eugenio Tarantola rides an e-bike to the office in Sydney.

You’re paid to cycle to work in France and the Netherlands. Sydney could be next

Sydney commuters could be compensated for riding an e-bike or e-scooter to work, under a creative financial incentive scheme that has worked wonders in Europe.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo
Purple scooters are returning to Brisbane streets after ousted Beam Mobility merged with Neuron Mobility.

Paint it purple: E-scooters from ousted company return to Brisbane

The e-scooters and e-bikes once owned by banned company Beam Mobility are returning to Brisbane streets, but not as you might expect.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Officers allege the 19-year-old was seen riding an illegal bike down Elizabeth Street in Brisbane.

E-bikes shouldn’t be banned. The illegal ones are already illegal

I can go online now and buy a 10,000-watt e-bike and just ignore the note that says it’s illegal to ride it on the street. Illegal e-bikes are flooding Australia, and they’re muddying the water for everyone riding legally.

  • Felicity Caldwell
Thanh Phan, centre, died after an e-scooter crash in Perth’s CBD two weeks ago. His death has prompted the City of Perth to suspend for-hire e-scooters indefinitely.

Government launches e-scooter investigation after death of Perth dad

The WA government is further looking into growing concerns about e-scooters on Perth streets by launching a parliamentary committee investigation that will examine current laws and potential changes to strengthen safety.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
Is it time to rethink rental e-scooters in Brisbane?

How an e-scooter joyride turned into a fight for life for 11-year-old Queenslander

Young Gavin was given the nod to take his new scooter for a spin – as long as he wore a helmet. His mother then received the call every parent dreads.

  • Savannah Meacham
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Neuron has decided to exit City of Yarra.

E-scooter operators pull out of Yarra after council imposes drastic fee hike

The future of e-scooters in Melbourne is increasingly under threat with Neuron and Lime announcing they will no longer operate in the City of Yarra after they copped a 400 per cent council fee hike.

  • Sophie Aubrey
A firefighter surveys the blaze at the Petersham boarding house on Saturday morning. E-bike batteries in the area fuelled the fire’s intensity.

‘Jet-like flame’: E-bike batteries fuel Sydney boarding house fire

Investigators are looking into whether lithium e-bike batteries were the cause of a fire that led to 20 people evacuating a boarding house in Sydney’s inner west.

  • Penry Buckley
E-scooters lined up in Melbourne in December.

The move to drop Sydney speed limits to 30km/h and allow cyclists on footpaths

Reducing car speed limits to 30km/h and forcing e-bike riders to get insurance are among the recommendations of a months-long state parliamentary inquiry.

  • Anthony Segaert
A demonstration of the Ario e-scooter that can be operated remotely.

Sydney gets another e-bike company, with e-scooters not far off

A new e-bike brand launches just as NSW parliament is set to release a report on the matter.

  • Anthony Segaert

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