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E-scooter company Beam starts services in Cairns, despite council opposition

A Queensland council says it feels powerless to ban shared electronic scooters from zooming down its city footpaths due to a loophole allowing big companies team up with local businesses. 

The Cairns Regional Council had refused several requests from e-scooter companies to work in the tropical city, but that hasn't stopped Queensland's largest operator, Beam, from moving in, despite council opposition.

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