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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
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Fields trashed and ratepayers slugged: councillors declare war on illegal bikes

Newcastle Liberal councillors are pushing for a crackdown on illegal motorbikes and e-bikes, sick of ratepayers shelling out thousands of dollars to repair fields torn up by vandals.

Councillors Callum Pull and Jenny Barrie have co-signed a motion pushing for the state government to introduce mandatory registration and number plates for e-bikes and harsher penalties for people using illegal vehicles in public.

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