Legalise Cannabis has leapfrogged the Shooters Fishers Farmers and Animal Justice parties to give it its strongest chance yet at entering the New South Wales parliament, despite predictions of minor parties playing kingmaker roles failing to materialise.
The so-called teal wave that saw environment- and integrity-focused independent candidates elected at last year’s federal election failed to be replicated in NSW, with only one Climate 200-endorsed candidate predicted to win a seat.