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By Patrick Laverick and Steve Martin

Private e-scooters permitted on Victorian roads in major changes to trial program

More than 200,000 trips were taken in Ballarat during the 12-month trial period. (ABC News: Abby Richards)

Electric scooter riders have welcomed the lifting of a ban on private e-scooters on Victorian roads as part of a major shake-up in a state government trial. 

The changes include an extension to hire scooter trials in four council areas in Ballarat and inner Melbourne.

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