Electric skateboards and scooters are selling fast with thousands ridden in Sydney daily despite being totally illegal. Riders tell us why they run the risk.
The City of Port Phillip wants to trial shared electric scooters in the municipality over summer.
People riding e-scooters in Queensland are being warned that they aren't covered for injury to others.
Brisbane City Council refused to release the amounts gained by contracts with Neuron and Lime scooters.
The man suffered head injuries when he flew off the scooter in the early hours of Sunday.
Lime reduced its scooter contingent from 700 to 400 on July 22 and Neuron plans to roll out 600 scooters by mid-August.
Neuron Mobility was expected to roll out 200 scooters by July 22 and increase to 600 by August 10,but Lime says demand is so strong after removing 350 scooters from the streets,people are lining up to use their scooters.
Lime scooters will not be welcome inside this year's Ekka,with'geo-fencing'to stop the scooters operating inside the showgrounds.
The new generation 3 scooters are being trialled in Germany,but Lime hopes to bring them to the River City soon.
QUT researchers have observed nearly half of all e-scooter riders in Brisbane breaking the law,with most doing so by not wearing a helmet.
The state government has clarified laws around the use of powered bicycles and mopeds on Queensland footpaths.