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HEMP’s grassroots campaign hot on heels of Palmer’s $60 million ad barrage
Clive Palmer and his staggering $60 million spend on United Australia Party’s election campaignhas only managed to secure 20,000 more Senate votes nationally than a minor party forced to “scratch around” just to…
- Hamish Hastie
- WAtoday
As of Sunday afternoon the Help End Marijuana Prohibition party had secured 141,500 first preference Senate votes or 1.9 per cent of the national vote, just behind UAP’s 161,000.
It’s the party’s best result since being registered in 2010 and is a huge jump in support from the 2016 election when the party entered a joint ticket with the Sex Party in several states and…