‘There is a role for e-scooters’: premier urges Melbourne council to reconsider ban

Jacinta Allan doesn't rule out intervention after city council voted to ban rental e-scooters at Tuesday meeting

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The Victorian premier, Jacinta Allan, hasn't ruled out intervening to force the Melbourne city council to reverse its ban of rental e-scooters, but 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".

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