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NSW drug law overhaul would allow six marijuana plants for personal use

Law being introduced to NSW parliament would allow adults to give pot to their friends as long as it is not sold

The Guardian - AU

'Enormous economic benefits': Political push for Hunter medicinal cannabis

NSW 'missing out' on rapid growth in industry 'worth billions'.

Newcastle Herald

Bills to legalise personal cannabis use introduced in three states

The Legalise Cannabis Party is poised to introduce bills to decriminalise the drug for adult personal use in NSW, Victoria and Western Australia.

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Push for legal personal marijuana use in NSW, Vic, WA

The Legalise Cannabis Party is poised to introduce bills to decriminalise the drug for personal use in NSW, Victoria and Western Australian parliaments.

AAP

Legalise Cannabis makes united push for personal marijuana use in three Australian states

The party’s bill allowing adults to possess and grow small quantities of the drug at home will be introduced across Victoria, NSW and WA

The Guardian - AU

Cannabis campaigners roll up to Nimbin's MardiGrass Festival, seeking relaxation of laws

There is always something in the air around Nimbin during the annual MardiGrass Festival, but this year it's combined with a sense of optimism.

ABC News

Conservative NSW parties will benefit from shunning of Mark Latham, experts say

Shooters party and potentially Liberal Democrats may have more influence in upper house as One Nation becomes marginalised

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NSW Premier Chris Minns backtracks on cannabis reform, stops short of ruling it out

Chris Minns refuses to rule out cannabis reform, but says he doesn't currently have a "mandate" to make "policy change".

ABC News

Dead heat in upper house after NSW election leaves Chris Minns facing ‘messy’ negotiations

Legislative council’s even split of political leanings means Labor will need to work with conservatives to pass legislation

The Guardian - AU

NSW upper house results revealed after weeks of counting following election

The makeup of the NSW upper house is finalised almost a month after Chris Minns swept to power at the NSW state election.

ABC News

Casino for Nobbys, highway over lake, nuclear for Port Stephens

Secret government plans for the Hunter revealed on April 1.

Newcastle Herald

NSW election results pave way for Mark Latham to re-enter NSW upper house

The former federal Labor leader returned to elected office at the 2019 NSW election, but resigned from the Legislative Council earlier this month, in the middle of his eight-year term in a bid to strengthen One Nation's presence in the chamber.

ABC News

NSW upper house results hang in the balance

The NSW upper house's slim right-wing majority could shift left as minor parties vie to join the largest crossbench in modern history.

AAP

NSW election: Legalise Cannabis eyeing an upper house seat in bid to overturn drug-driving law

Pollster says it’s a crowded progressive micro-party market, but some high-profile donors are backing the party’s campaign

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Legalise Cannabis Party hopes to add NSW to WA and Victoria upper house positions

Cannabis party hopes for upper house place

Newcastle Herald

King Coal dethroned as focus of campaign in Upper Hunter

It is perhaps a measure of how much the climate wars have calmed in recent times that coal is no longer the word on the lips of the main combatants in Upper Hunter.

ABC News

Ex-NSW Greens MP Jeremy Buckingham to head Legalise Cannabis Party upper house ticket

Jeremy Buckingham was a Greens Upper House MP from 2011 to 2018, when he sensationally quit the party. Next month, he will head the upper house ticket for the Legalise Cannabis Party.

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