Update on the state of the e-mobility bill that is currently with the Queensland state government: While the 3000+ submissions to the committee and two protests seem to have had some impact on the bill, it is still highly problematic and will leave many people disadvantaged for no good reason.

The committee has recommended that the 10km/h blanket speed limit be dropped and replaces with a lower speed limit around pedestrians and on high traffic footpaths which is good but still leaves the issues of a licensing requirement for e-mobility devices and a complete ban on under 16s using e-devices.

This bill is continually being sold as a public safety measure when, in reality, it does nothing to improve public safety, penalises everyday people doing the right thing and does nothing to address the original source of the problem – the importation and sale of illegal, overpowered e-motorbikes. The loophole remains and the e-motorbikes will remain.

This whole bill needs to be scrapped. The Qld government needs to show the guts to admit they got it wrong and start again, targeting the real source of the problem. Sad times.