Jeremy Buckingham calls NSW Greens 'rotten' after party asks him to step aside

Embattled MP lets fly, accusing party of abandoning grassroots democracy by overturning preselection result

The New South Wales Greens MP Jeremy Buckingham has labelled his own party “corrupt and rotten” after he was formally asked to step aside as a candidate for the state election in March.

After a fraught day at the party’s state delegate council on Saturday, a motion calling on Buckingham to remove himself from the party’s ticket eventually passed after two earlier attempts failed to reach the required 75% of votes.

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