The federal government has directed the ACCC to develop national safety standards for e-bikes, e-scooters and e-skateboards to crack down on unsafe devices and rogue retailers. Retailers on notice as government plans national rules for e-bikes and e-scootersA nationwide crackdown on high-speed e-bikes will seek to close regulatory loopholes for dodgy retailers after years of rising accidents and injuries. Regulatory enforcement varies between states and territories, without a national consumer protection approach. Queensland is among states to crack down on illegal e-bikes, including under its police force’s Operation Yankee Surety. NSW Police and transport officers were in June granted powers to seize illegal e-bikes, to be pulverised by Transport for NSW.