Original sentence: In December 2018, Buckingham resigned from the Greens NSW to contest the upper house in the upcoming election as an independent.In November 2018 Greens MP Jenny Leong used parliamentary privilege to accuse Jeremy Buckingham of sexual violence toward a staff member whose job he then allegedly threatened, and following this the Greens NSW State Delegates Council passed a motion calling for Buckingham to resign due to violations of their sexual harassment policy.In retaliation Buckingham has threatened other party members and candidates with defamation proceedings if they support the former staff member
Edited sentence: Following this the Greens NSW State Delegates Council passed a motion calling for Buckingham to step aside from the ticket due to a perception that the "Greens NSW will not be able to campaign effectively on the issues which we all know are so urgent".In December 2018, Buckingham tore up his membership of the Greens NSW and announced he would contest the upper house in the upcoming election as an independent.In November 2018 Greens MP Jenny Leong used parliamentary privilege to accuse Jeremy Buckingham of sexual violence toward a staff member , however that complaint was investigated independently and the investigation found the available evidence did not substantiate the claim.NSW Upper house MP Justin Field accused his colleague Jenny Leong of an "orchestrated political hit" against one of their own MPs.The same motion acknowledged and thanked Jeremy Buckingham for "his extensive and outstanding campaign work against coal and coal seam gas, and for a sustainable Murray-Darling Basin in NSW"