The NSW Greens have jumped to the defence of embattled federal senator Lee Rhiannon, labelling her suspension from the federal party room as "unconstitutional".
The NSW State Delegates Council voted at a meeting on Saturday to support Senator Rhiannon after she was banished from the federal party room last month for opposing the Turnbull government's Gonski 2.0 funding package.
The state delegates requested Senator Rhiannon be "fully reinstated without restriction" to the federal party room for all meetings.
The federal arm of the party last month excluded Senator Rhiannon from partyroom discussions and decisions on government legislation until the NSW branch ends the practice of binding their MPs to vote a certain way.
The national party room described the practice as "a structural issue that needs to be addressed".
The proposal voted upon by the NSW branch also affirmed commitment "to work constructively" with the national council to clarify decision-making between different factions of the Greens.
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