Complex sentence: He resigned in 2004 shortly before the end of his term after a media frenzy over a flattering letter he had sent in replying to broadcaster Alan Jones seven years before and months before heading the ABA's cash for comment enquiry into commercial broadcasting.
Split into simpler sentences: He resigned in 2004 shortly before the end of his term after a media frenzy over a flattering letter he had sent to broadcaster Alan Jones seven years before. This was some months before heading the ABA's cash for comment enquiry into commercial broadcasting.