The NSW Liberals and Nationals are calling on the Minns Labor Government reconsider their opposition to its Australian first e-bike licence plate policy for select user groups following the release of horrific e-bike injury data. \u00a0
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Data released today from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare reveals the urgent need for critical interventions to change behaviour of young people riding e-bikes.
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The independent health data reveals:
Hospitalisation rates rose for the transport group that includes e-bikes, with the largest increases among younger people, especially those aged 12\u201315 and 16\u201324 years
The largest increases in hospitalisation rates occurred among young males.
In NSW hospitalisations for e-bikes riders has tripled from 125 hospitalisations in 2009-2010 to 604 in 2024-2025.
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Under the NSW Liberal and National\u2019s policy the licensing scheme would require a government issued license plate to be attached to an e-bike when used by riders who are under the age of 18; riders who use e\u2013bikes for a commercial purpose; and commercial shared service schemes.
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Riders aged 18 and over who use a privately-owned e-bike will be exempt from the scheme.
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Shadow Minister for Transport Natalie Ward said the Minns Labor Government is wilfully ignoring the problem.
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\u201cAccountability can\u2019t begin with a trip to the emergency room. The data tells the story \u2013 e-bike injuries are out of control, and the Minns Labor Government is taking a weak slow reactive approach,\u201d Ms Ward said.
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\u201cIf we change behaviour we will get less injuries.\u201d
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\u201cWe\u2019ve had our policy public for nearly a year, and the Government has taken no action to change behaviour. It is wilful ignorance at this point.\u201d
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\u201cIt\u2019s a soft approach that prioritises the approval of bureaucrats and the active transport lobby above common sense to keep kids safe.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The NSW Liberals and Nationals are calling on the Minns Labor Government reconsider their opposition to its Australian first e-bike licence plate policy for select user groups following the release of horrific e-bike injury data. \u00a0\u00a0Data released today from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare reveals the urgent need for critical interventions to change … Continue reading “Licence plates now: new data shows e-bike injuries out of control”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41239"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41240,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41239\/revisions\/41240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}