❓ Mrs. Clarke asks about government support for police in ensuring road and footpath safety regarding e-rideables. The Minister details enforcement actions, including seizing and crushing illegal devices, and outlines a national framework for e-mobility regulation.
AnsweredQoN 192Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
E-rideables—Community safety
192. Mrs Lorna Clarke to
the Minister for Police:
I refer to the Cook
Labor government's commitment to building safe and inclusive communities.
(1) Can the minister outline how the
government is supporting the Western Australia Police Force to keep Western
Australians safe on our roads and footpaths?
(2) Can the minister provide details of
any recent WA police operations targeting e-rideables?
192. Mrs Lorna Clarke to
the Minister for Police:
I refer to the Cook
Labor government's commitment to building safe and inclusive communities.
(1) Can the minister outline how the
government is supporting the Western Australia Police Force to keep Western
Australians safe on our roads and footpaths?
(2) Can the minister provide details of
any recent WA police operations targeting e-rideables?
AnswerView source ↗
(1)–(2) I thank the member for Butler for the
question. Yes, we have an approach to dealing with hoons on our roads. The
member for Kalamunda, the shadow police spokesman, believes that police should
run after e-rideable hoons and try to give them a ticket. We have a different
approach on this side. We take their e-rideables and we crush them. It is as
simple as that. That is the way we deal with this issue. The government is
taking decisive action to strengthen safety for riders. We believe—
Several members
interjected.
The Speaker: Members!
Mr Reece Whitby: We believe in maintaining the safety
of Western Australians when they are on roads or footpaths. Our response
focuses on safer devices, clearer rules, stronger enforcement, better
infrastructure and education. We are leading the
nation, in fact, by proposing a national e-mobility framework to develop
consistent device standards and classifications with other jurisdictions.
This is critical work, members, that has to be done in order to control the
devices coming into this country. We call on the Commonwealth to urgently close
national regulatory gaps that allow unsafe, overpowered and modifiable devices
into Australia. Importantly, these dangerous overpowered devices remain illegal
for public use in WA and police continue to seize and crush them.
Police recently
conducted Operation Moorhead in our northern suburbs. They received repeated
reports. I think the member for Hillarys and other members in our northern
suburbs were part of the engagement with police on this. There were reports of
people riding recklessly on roads and footpaths, putting the community at risk.
Using intelligence from the community, police conducted targeted patrols and
quick responses across the Joondalup district. The result was significant. They
seized 76 illegal e-rideables and charged 76 offenders. A total of 183 offences
were recorded. The Minister Assisting the Minister for Transport and I recently
went to an undisclosed location in Perth and we witnessed what this government
does to the e-rideables and e-bikes ridden by hoons in this state. We do not
give them tickets; we seize their devices that have been used illegally. They
have now been crushed. The message is very clear: if someone breaks the rules
on an e-rideable, we will crush their e-rideable. If a device does not meet
WA's legal requirements, it is treated as an unregistered device and we will
crush it. Not only was Operation Moorhead highly successful, but it also paved
the way for e-rideable enforcement across the state. Police are very well
geared now to respond to this issue. They know the risks that it presents to
the community. It is an uncompromising position. The message is to ride
responsibly or risk having the device seized, crushed and destroyed.
question. Yes, we have an approach to dealing with hoons on our roads. The
member for Kalamunda, the shadow police spokesman, believes that police should
run after e-rideable hoons and try to give them a ticket. We have a different
approach on this side. We take their e-rideables and we crush them. It is as
simple as that. That is the way we deal with this issue. The government is
taking decisive action to strengthen safety for riders. We believe—
Several members
interjected.
The Speaker: Members!
Mr Reece Whitby: We believe in maintaining the safety
of Western Australians when they are on roads or footpaths. Our response
focuses on safer devices, clearer rules, stronger enforcement, better
infrastructure and education. We are leading the
nation, in fact, by proposing a national e-mobility framework to develop
consistent device standards and classifications with other jurisdictions.
This is critical work, members, that has to be done in order to control the
devices coming into this country. We call on the Commonwealth to urgently close
national regulatory gaps that allow unsafe, overpowered and modifiable devices
into Australia. Importantly, these dangerous overpowered devices remain illegal
for public use in WA and police continue to seize and crush them.
Police recently
conducted Operation Moorhead in our northern suburbs. They received repeated
reports. I think the member for Hillarys and other members in our northern
suburbs were part of the engagement with police on this. There were reports of
people riding recklessly on roads and footpaths, putting the community at risk.
Using intelligence from the community, police conducted targeted patrols and
quick responses across the Joondalup district. The result was significant. They
seized 76 illegal e-rideables and charged 76 offenders. A total of 183 offences
were recorded. The Minister Assisting the Minister for Transport and I recently
went to an undisclosed location in Perth and we witnessed what this government
does to the e-rideables and e-bikes ridden by hoons in this state. We do not
give them tickets; we seize their devices that have been used illegally. They
have now been crushed. The message is very clear: if someone breaks the rules
on an e-rideable, we will crush their e-rideable. If a device does not meet
WA's legal requirements, it is treated as an unregistered device and we will
crush it. Not only was Operation Moorhead highly successful, but it also paved
the way for e-rideable enforcement across the state. Police are very well
geared now to respond to this issue. They know the risks that it presents to
the community. It is an uncompromising position. The message is to ride
responsibly or risk having the device seized, crushed and destroyed.
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