Yes, I agree with both that 32 kph would seem more appropriate, although I am sure most normal bicycles can and do travel safely faster than that. But your point about licenses/registration is a good one.
As stated by Satina in the original post of this thread there was a lobbying campaign by...
I just checked.
There was an old petition on change.org specifically for ebike speed limit in
Australia (45kmh). The petition is closed. It only had approx 1000 supporters...
There doesn't appear to be any open petitions for the same issue.
Knowing the current Australian governments obsession with climate change and electric vehicles, the voice of the EMTB community may have more power than you think. Also, if we worded a petition to suggest that raising the speed limit would encourage more people to transition to ebikes, we might...