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September 28th, 2011 
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CALLING IT QUITS: Labor MP Carol Martin will not contest the next election after being labelled a ‘coconut’. Picture: Stewart Allen
Source: PerthNow
Indigenous MP Carol Martin will announce her resignation from the WA parliament today, after being called a “toxic coconut”.
KIMBERLEY Aboriginal MP Carol Martin says she will not contest her seat at the next election after newsletters labelled her a “coconut”.
Ms Martin, who has held the state seat for 10 years, said she had been vilified over her support for Woodside Petroleum’s $30 billion liquefied natural gas hub at James Price Point.
Her stance has put her at odds with local Kimberley communities, and it has been reported that she risks losing her seat in the next state election.
Earlier this month, Ms Martin said she was considering legal action after newsletters were circulated in Broome vilifying Aboriginal traditional landowners who support Woodside’s project.
The newsletters label Aboriginal leaders as “toxic coconuts” and “Woodside’s money hungry coconuts”, naming Kimberley Land Council chief executive Nolan Hunter, former chief Wayne Bergmann and Ms Martin.
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Ms Martin said she knew the people behind the campaign and intended to take legal action.
“This is the worst racial vilification that’s been directed against me in my life, and I have had it all, believe me, but this is the worst,” she told Fairfax Radio.
“I will see them in court, because as far as I’m concerned I have never and will never step away from a racial taunt.
“I don’t care who I have to take on. I will do it, and the reason I do it is because we cannot allow this sort of behaviour to happen in a place like Australia.”
Premier Colin Barnett has asked the attorney general’s department to investigate whether charges can be laid against the authors of the material under racial vilification laws.
Mr Barnett called on protest groups to distance themselves from the newsletters and said those behind the material should own up.
Traditional landowners signed a deal in June with the WA government and Woodside to extinguish their right over land at James Price Point to allow the project to go ahead.
In exchange they will receive $1.5 billion in community, health education and employment benefits.
Ms Martin said all protesters should bear responsibility for the material and could not claim ignorance as an excuse.
“People can’t go running for the hills now, because it’s the very people who have sent this rubbish around that stand with them on the picket lines,” she said.
The MP has also seen footage of Woodside workers being assaulted and threatened and was disappointed the company had not publicly released the video.
“I blame Woodside for not getting that information out to the community so they can all see who they are standing next to on that protest line,” Ms Martin said.
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