As part of a crackdown on e-bikes across the state, 22 illegal e-bikes have been seized following a NSW Police Force and Transport for NSW joint operation across southern Sydney and the Illawarra.

On August 21, 2026, amendments to the Road Transport Act 2013 became enforceable; allowing illegal, modified or high-powered e-bikes, other non-registerable motor vehicles, and unregistered registerable vehicles, used in public places, to be seized and destroyed.

The Queensland Police Service has seized more than 240 non-compliant e-Mobility devices and issued almost 1,000 Traffic Infringement Notices in the first month of Operation Yankee Surety.

Thirty-five e-bikes that were seized during police operations near Tweed Heads have been destroyed, say police.

Two men faced court on last Thursday following an alleged pursuit near Byron Bay on Wednesday morning.

On Monday 4 May, a ten-year-old was hit by a teenager on an e-bike on Jubilee Avenue, Mullumbimby near the Mullumbimby Pool.

A devastating fire that tore through a Byron Bay e-bike store on Thursday has sparked urgent calls for tighter regulation of cheap, non-compliant imports, amid growing safety concerns in the rapidly expanding industry.

Scared of fuel prices? Byron Bay has an exciting new bike shop! Located at the corner of Bayshore Drive and Banksia Drive, in the Byron Arts & Industrial Estate, this is Better by Bike's second store in the region, building on the success of their flagship operation at Murwillumbah Railway Station.

New powers to seize and crush illegal e-bikes are being introduced to NSW parliament today, says Labor, ‘as part of the Minns Labor Government’s...

The NSW Labor Government says it’s looking into the possibility of reforms allowing Illegal e-bikes to be seized and crushed.