The Sunshine Coast Bicycle User Group (SCBUG) welcomes the Queensland Parliament’s State Development, Infrastructure and Works Committee report on e-mobility safety and acknowledges that some recommendations – particularly around infrastructure investment, battery safety, and tighter import controls on non-compliant devices – are sensible and broadly consistent with our submission.

However, SCBUG has serious concerns raises that the report contains fundamental flaws which, if translated into law, would cause significant harm to disadvantaged communities and undermine the legitimate benefits of e-mobility in Queensland.

This response sets out our key concerns and calls on the Queensland Government to reject or substantially revise several of the committee’s core recommendations before proceeding with legislation.