Victorian Greens leader says MP will ‘never be welcomed back’ after relationship with staffer that breached party rules

Prahran MP Sam Hibbins said he had a ‘consensual relationship’ with a staff member in his office that breached Greens party rules. Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP

The Victorian Greens leader, Ellen Sandell, says former co-deputy leader Sam Hibbins will never be welcomed back to the party room after he admitted to a relationship with a staffer that broke the party’s rules.

Sandell said Hibbins resigned from the party room this week after MPs suspended him. She said she had also requested his resignation as a Greens member, which he provided.