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E-bike and motorcycle riders descend on Harbour Bridge
2+ hour, 8+ min ago (36+ words) The group rode on the Harbour Bridge and city streets on Tuesday afternoon. The group rode on the Harbour Bridge and city streets on Tuesday afternoon. Updated February 4, 2026 " 10:46am,first published 10:43am...
Hundreds injured in Melbourne’s e-scooter trial, new data shows
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1180+ words) January 24, 2026 " 1:00pm More than 500 people reported being injured " including 17 seriously " in crashes while riding or being hit by a hired e-scooter during Melbourne's controversial two-and-a-half-year experiment with hire scheme operators Lime and Neuron. Data obtained by The Age reveals for the…...
What a proposed e-bike ban will do to your food delivery
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (728+ words) Saam Taghavi is saving up to buy a car. He doesn't really want one, but he's preparing for what is likely to happen later this year: his e-bike will no longer be welcomed on Sydney's trains. Saam Taghavi at Parramatta…...
Pavlich to succeed Harley as Sydney chief executive
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (168+ words) Former Fremantle champion Matthew Pavlich will succeed Tom Harley as Sydney Swans chief executive. Former Fremantle champion Matthew Pavlich will succeed Tom Harley as Sydney Swans chief executive. The appointment, which is expected to be announced as early as Wednesday,…...
States demand e-bike crackdown amid deaths and fires
6+ mon, 5+ day ago (884+ words) The states are pleading with the federal government to crack down on the importation and sales of dangerously fast e-bikes and e-scooters, which are being illegally ridden on Australian roads and increasingly killing and injuring people. The Victorian and NSW…...
E-bikes and e-scooters face Sydney train and metro ban
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (463+ words) The government is considering plans to ban e-bikes and e-scooters from Sydney's train and metro network amid fears of onboard fires sparked by lithium batteries. In the same week as a portable charging pack caught fire mid-air on a Virgin…...
‘You just have to go, go, go’: Injury fears as food delivery riders turn to e-bikes
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (977+ words) Growing numbers of food delivery riders are going to hospital with serious injuries after crashes on e-bikes amid mounting calls for tougher rules on the vehicles from authorities and politicians. While statistics on workers for platforms such as Uber Eats,…...
Paint it purple: Ousted e-scooter company returns to Brisbane in merger
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (559+ words) Banned e-scooter and e-bike company Beam Mobility is returning to Brisbane streets from Monday night, but not as you might expect, as the global micromobility hire company merges with one of its key competitors. Neuron Mobility announced on Monday it…...
Snowboarding gun Guseli hints at 'dropping new stuff"
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (20+ words) Australian snowboarding prodigy Valentino Guseli hints that he may unveil some new tricks at the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics....
E-bikes shouldn’t be banned. The illegal ones are already illegal
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (923+ words) Don't ban e-bikes. The illegal ones are already illegal, and they're ruining it for everyone else. There's a lot of angst about teens hooning dangerously on "e-bikes, particularly on the Gold and Sunshine coasts, and I often see people zooming…...