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Brisbane’s Kelvin Grove Road, Story Bridge and Coronation Drive.

Push to get cyclists, scooters off footpaths – and onto busy roads – behind new laws

The Crisafulli government wants more cyclists and e-scooters to ride in traffic.

  • Felicity Caldwell

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Jonty Bush is the Labor MP for the Brisbane seat of Cooper and the deputy chair of the State Development, Infrastructure and Works Committee, which recently handed down its report following the e-mobility inquiry.

No evidence legal e-bikes are a safety risk, inquiry’s deputy chair says

The deputy chair of Queensland’s e-mobility inquiry says pedal-assisted e-bikes should not be lumped in the same category as high-powered electric motorbikes. But proposed new laws will apply to both.

  • Felicity Caldwell
Scooters would be restricted to 10km/h on footpaths under proposed new Queensland legislation.

Under‑16s face e‑scooter ban under Queensland recommendations

Footpath speeds would also be cut to 10km/h, police would be given powers to seize illegal devices, and learner licences would be required for some riders.

  • Cameron Atfield
Brisbane reisdents Luke, 13, Rachel and Aaron Wray ride legal e-bikes and would face more restrictions under the proposed recommendations.

Driver’s licences for e-bikes ‘drawn from North Korean playbook’

Mooted changes would mean two out of three members of this Brisbane family would be banned from riding their legal and low-powered e-bikes.

  • Felicity Caldwell
Professor Roy Kimble, Queensland Children’s Hospital Director of Paediatric Surgery, Burns and Trauma

‘Rules need to be looked at’ after surge in e-scooter injuries in children

“We’re talking about normal kids who are … ending up in rehabilitation, and they’ll never be normal,” a senior Brisbane surgeon said.

  • William Davis
Some Brisbane roads slowed to less than 25km/h in peak times in December 2025.

On these Brisbane roads, riding a scooter would be faster than driving

When peak hour hits, these Brisbane roads grind to a crawl. See how your commute has changed since 2019.

  • Felicity Caldwell
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Twenty per cent of Queensland’s e-mobility rebates were spent on illegal devices.

Labor demands CCC probe into its own former rebate scheme

The LNP revealed on Sunday about 20 per cent of the former Labor government’s e-mobility rebates funded illegal devices. Labor has shifted the blame to public servants.

  • Cameron Atfield
Future transport policy should shift funding towards dedicated bikeways and scooter lanes to encourage people out of their cars for the large proportion of short journeys taken every day.

Six hospitalised during seven hours of e-scooter carnage overnight

A young boy was among those injured during a chaotic night involving e-devices, which are facing government scrutiny.

  • Matt Dennien
E-bike laws are set to be reformed after two primary school students were killed in separate accidents in different Australian states.

Thousands of fines dished out in major Queensland e-scooter crackdown

Almost 100 e-scooters were also seized during the operation, which followed 14 e-mobility deaths in Queensland this year.

  • Dominique Tassell
The burnt remains of a fire sparked by an e-scooter battery.

‘It was just screaming’: Battery fires more than double in three years

There were more than 200 fires sparked by lithium-ion batteries in Queensland in the first 11 months of 2025.

  • Julius Dennis