Legalise Cannabis Australia | |
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President | Michael Balderstone |
Founder | Nigel Quinlan |
Founded | 1993 |
Headquarters | Nimbin, New South Wales |
Ideology | Cannabis legalisation |
Political position | Big tent[1] |
Colours | Green |
House of Representatives | 0 / 151
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Senate | 0 / 76
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NSW Legislative Council | 1 / 42
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Victorian Legislative Council | 2 / 40
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WA Legislative Council | 1 / 36
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Rockingham City Council | 1 / 13
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Website | |
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Legalise Cannabis Australia (LCA), also known as the Legalise Cannabis Party (LCP) and formerly the Help End Marijuana Prohibition (HEMP) Party, is a registered single-issue Australian political party.[2] It has a number of policies that centre around the re-legalisation and regulation of cannabis for personal, medicinal and industrial uses in Australia.[3]
The party's headquarters were based in Nimbin, New South Wales, which is known to have a high population of recreational cannabis users and hippies.[4] It is now in Macquarie Street, Sydney, after the election of its first NSW MP.
Legalise Cannabis is a single-issue party, aiming to legalise cannabis, introduce a moratorium on arrests of cannabis consumers, and reform drug driving laws so impairment, not presence, is tested.