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Rachael Ward

Weed the winner in Victoria's upper house

Georgie Purcell (left), David Ettershank and Rachel Payne won seats in the upper house. (Luis Ascui/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Pro-legalising cannabis parties have the balance of power in Victoria's upper house and almost half of the MPs sitting in the Legislative Council are new to parliament.

At least eight of the 11 crossbenchers support legalising cannabis and even one Liberal MP is open to the push.

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