YouTube video by Brendan Barnhill E-bike Safety Australia

If you're an #ebikesafety advocate, interested in meeting kids #emobility needs for school transport, this program is worth checking out - digital license, online safety course required, #ebike plated: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIek... More at ebikesafetyaustralia.com.au/e-bike-schoo...

YouTube video by Brendan Barnhill E-bike Safety Australia

Encouraging to see the approach of plated, licensed #ebike riders as a school level initiative, after meeting with and hearing from local principals who would also benefit from this: ebikesafetyaustralia.com.au/e-bike-schoo... www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIek...

With #eMotos sitting outside the industry sales reporting patterns for #EVcouncil #BEV and #FCAI its very hard to know how many of them are sold, based on models, speed capacity. Would be good to close this gap @aevanational.bsky.social Thoughts? @bridieev.bsky.social @thedriven.io

Would love to see the FCAI also able to take account of the sales of #eMotos but requires retailers to then become registered Motor Vehicle Dealerships, helps track size of the problem of legal vs illegal products. @aevanational.bsky.social

Qld premier promises to change laws after boy killed in e-bike crash David Crisafulli says laws will be changed following a string of fatal accidents involving electric bikes and scooters.

For an 8yo to be riding an #eMoto capable of 35km/h, when it hits another bike going opposite direction at ~50-80km/h, the consequences are deadly. Collision risk increases with every bike added to the problem. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10... @aevanational.bsky.social

Police urge parents to reconsider buying electric dirt bikes after boy dies A teenage boy has died overnight after falling from an electric dirt bike in Broadbeach.

Now that the #emoto genie is out of the bottle, we're starting to see the inevitable conclusion from arguments with physics by young minds with poor risk insight in urban spaces. Regulation is coming, sorely needed. #electricdirtbike #riderlife www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

This is a must read, all the way to the end, from @timhollo.bsky.social. The best analysis I’ve seen of the bad faith tactic of the major parties of presenting pro fossil mining environmental policy and then bullying the cross bench into supporting it:

You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it What Gates is putting forward aren’t legitimate arguments that can be made in good faith. They are shopworn fossil fuel industry talking points.

“Here’s the thing, Bill Gates: There’s no ‘patch’ for the climate crisis. And there is no way to reboot the planet if you crash it. The only safe and reliable way out when you find yourself in a climate hole is to stop digging—and burning—fossil fuels.” — @michaelemann.bsky.social

Check out Australian Electric Vehicle Specialists P/L upcoming offer via OnMarket Click the link to get more info and register your interest.

Love seeing #engineering excellence emerge from #HunterNSW ecosystem, its a diverse industrial base, perfect for ventures like this to emerge: www.onmarket.com.au/offers/austr... #evretrofit needs manufacturers productising kits suited for collectors and #fleetops #HunterIF

The Most Efficient Traveler Isn’t a Bird or a Fish—It’s You on a Bike A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom

A Classic Graphic Reveals Nature’s Most Efficient Traveler. Spoiler: human on bicycle.

(I guess @nataliabarbour.bsky.social will like this)

www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...

‘Shock and anger’ as Labor proposes giving states more power over fossil fuel projects Extracts of planned changes to the EPBC Act prompt ‘anger’ from conservation organisations that fear nature protection will be weakened

We cannot see powers devolved to states and territories, we need stronger environmental laws, with more oversight. To the businesses complaining that they want less regulation, tough, a healthy and biodiverse planet is far more important than your profits. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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Could the internet go offline? Inside the fragile system holding the modern world together Behind every meme and message is creaking, decades-old infrastructure. Internet experts can think of scenarios that could bring it all crashing down …

Lol. "If the internet shuts down, the people who know how it works will meet up in a pub outside London and decide what to do, says Murdoch. “I don’t know if this is still the case. It was quite a few years ago and I was never told which pub it was.”" www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

#AWSoutage

Many voters can’t spot political misinformation Introduction by Croakey: As the Senate examines the growing threat of disinformation and its impact on public understanding of climate

Many voters can’t spot political misinformation – Croakey Health Media

www.croakey.org/many-voters-...

By Professor Sora Park, Dr Jee Young Lee, and Dr Kieran McGuinness

"Advance" major spreader of fossil fuels lies before federal election: ARC study - The Klaxon The group that ran the “No” campaign against the Indigenous Voice was one of the biggest spreaders of fossil fuels propaganda ahead of the federal election, a major study has found.

🚨The "No" campaign against the Indigenous Voice was a fossil fuels-led sham.

A major ARC study finds "Advance" a was massive spreader of fossil fuels propaganda ahead of the May federal election.

One of biggest impediments to fossil fuels = Indigenous rights.

theklaxon.com.au/9w0g

So, for those working in #transportpolicy #urbanmobility - what are you seeing works for #eMoto classes that helps modal shift whilst meeting need for safeguards? There are supply side, demand side factors, market regulations, rider training, licensing, registration innovations to pursue.

Skye's Law - Wikipedia

Aware that in UK, Police resorting to fleet use of equally powerful #eMoto models to assist pursuit. Riders with little regard for safety + getting kicks risk turning this into cat+mouse gamification of risky riding. In NSW, #SkysLaw arose from risky pursuits. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skye%27...

Mother calls for tougher laws after toddler run down by e-bike More than a year after her 21-month-old child was hit by an e-bike, a Newcastle mother is calling for change.

The extra weight + speed of an #eMoto creates much higher injury risk potential in collisions, compared to lighter, slower #eBikes - which makes them super problematic for vulnerable pedestrians, kids. eg www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

What TikTok reveals about a worrying e-bike subculture - ABC Religion & Ethics Electric micromobility was once the domain of commuters and eco-conscious adults, but now it represents something different for a younger crowd — a canvas for self-expression, rebellion and risk.

Good exploration of the #eBike #eMoto illegal rider subculture, behaviours and motivations explained in www.abc.net.au/religion/mod... Regulatory pressure is building for action to curb reckless riding as injuries, deaths increase from collisions.

YouTube video by Electric Cycle Rider 2025 vs 2023 Surron Ultra Bee // Which One Are We Racing at TKO?

#eMotos increasingly used for stoopid riding. Manufacturers work hard to innovate #emobility product that can help disrupt #dirtbike markets with cleaner, quieter options for things like #enduro - here's how they should be ridden. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTEC...

This ones going into my #tech4good collection. Thanks for profiling important but under-rated work like this @dylnbkr.bsky.social

‘For every $100 of gas exported, Australia gets 43 cents’: Unions open new tax battle The federal government this week overhauled its superannuation tax reforms. Now the union movement says it should radically overhaul taxes on gas exports.

So, Australia collects 43 cents per $100 of exported gas.

Qatar collects 46 DOLLARS per $100 of exported gas

And Norway collects 56 DOLLARS per $100 of exported oil

This is not just a piss take ... it's the out and out theft of our natural resources.

www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world.

I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.

SocialHousing-MetricsModel Social Housing metrics model to track influence nodes, impact vectors, causation relationships between them and information of key value.

I've done prior consulting work on system dynamics modelling for Social Housing, Homelessness - delays in Housing Australia action/traction are only going to worsen an already overloaded system: kumu.io/laughingmind...

Former Wallabies star David Pocock booted from parliamentary sports club Exclusive: Senator accused of bringing social club into disrepute after raising concerns about its association with betting lobby

Then we see this treatment of an actual AU representative sportsman senator: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... - something highly improper about this. @davidpocock.bsky.social is right to be questioning the cosiness/lobbyist pattern.

Always appreciate seeing the considered responses from you @asherwolf.bsky.social and the fact they're grounded in the lived experience of care provision in SIL and other settings.

⚖️ AI medical devices are only as effective as their regulations.

Set the bar too high, and innovation stalls. Too low, & patient safety is at risk. A new Nature Digital Medicine paper introduces CORE-MD, a framework to strike that balance.

Read more ➡️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

YouTube video by Reversaru SYNCARU BUILD Episode 1: T3 VANAGON 2WD TO 4X4 AWD CONVERSION!

As a #vw #kombi tragic, it's so good to see the level of thought being put in by #syncaru into this 2WD>4WD conversion on a T3 transporter using #subaru drivetrain. Can't wait to see this hit the road: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAvY... #syncro

In the interests of fairness and the Australian economy, it’s time to start taxing the family home | Peter Siminski and Roger Wilkins for the Conversation Income from investing in owner-occupied housing is tax-free, while all other investments attract tax

Oh, FFS. Tax churches. Tax the fossil fuel industry. Tax major corporations. Tax Rupert Murdoch. Leave home owners ... most already struggling with things like mortgages, insurance premiums, rates, maintenance etc etc ... alone. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Police commissioner wants import restrictions on e-bikes, inquiry told The regulation of e-bikes and e-scooters is under the spotlight at a WA parliamentary inquiry, which has heard calls for tougher rules around their sale and testimony from trauma doctors.

An understandable response after recent #ebike #emobility fatalities in WA, but it also begs overlap into sales of other non-registerable products like #motocross bikes with ICE powertrain: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08... Expect pushback from private property owners.