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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tamsin Rose

Legalise Cannabis and independents buoyed by NSW election result despite no teal wave

A person places their vote in the ballot box
Election votes are still being counted and will be for more than a week to come but minor parties are projected to increase their share of the votes in the NSW upper house. Photograph: James Gourley/AAP

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.

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