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Nick Wilson

National e-bike crackdown to buck off cowboy retailers

The consumer watchdog is creating new standards for the sale of electric bikes and scooters. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

A nationwide crackdown on high-speed e-bikes will seek to close regulatory loopholes for dodgy retailers after years of rising accidents and injuries.

The federal government on Thursday announced it had tasked the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission with drafting new standards for the sale of e-micromobility devices.

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