Jacinta Allan has not ruled out intervening to force Melbourne city council to reverse its ban of rental e-scooters, but the Victorian premier says she hopes the council will “come to their own commonsense decision”.
The council’s Future Melbourne Committee on Tuesday night voted to rip up contracts with rental e-scooter operators Lime and Neuron. During the debate, the lord mayor, Nicholas Reece, said the scooters presented an unacceptable safety risk to the city and were “shameful”.
