Last week, a 12-year-old boy died after colliding with a parked car while riding an e-scooter. And last month a pedestrian was killed by an allegedly intoxicated rider in Perth.

These deaths add to a growing toll, at least 30 people have died in e-scooter incidents over the past five years, a third of them under 18.

With fatalities rising and e-scooters operating in a legal grey zone, councils across the country are calling for stronger regulation to protect both riders and pedestrians.