'I continue to act in my role as AG': Boothby won't resign, says she disclosed hit-and-run matter to Chief Minister before election | NT Independent

‘I continue to act in my role as AG’: Boothby won’t resign, says she disclosed hit-and-run matter to Chief Minister before election

by | Sep 22, 2025 | News, Subscriber | 6 comments

Attorney-General Marie-Clare Boothby has refused to stand down for failing to publicly disclose that the hit-and-run driver who killed an Aboriginal man and injured another and who avoided jail last week was related to her before publicly commenting on the case, stating she told Lia Finocchiaro about the matter last year – but won’t say how – while the Chief Minister has now gone on holidays and is unavailable for comment.

At a press conference on Monday morning, Ms Boothby was asked why she commented on the case last week without publicly disclosing that Jake Danby, the 24-year-old driver who bragged about killing the man through racist text messages following the collision in Leanyer last year, was her sister’s stepson.

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6 Comments

  1. The dereliction of duty all round is really astounding.

    Matched only by the repugnant racism.

    There’s a lot of cleaning to be done clearly.

    CFB: The political-industrial cleaners this sewer needs.

  2. Territorians are lucky to have her as Attorney General!
    She is a very rare Politician.

  3. In a democracy, conflict of interest revelations are for the benefit of the people. In an elected dictatorship, these are made to the boss politician.

  4. As this is a public interest story it should be shared for discussion on global media platforms such as Linked-In. We live in a global economy, start by connecting with NTG CLP Media CEO Megan Miller, listen to new podcasts by ETTE MEDIA & LAMESTREET who are challenging the corrupted legacy media narrative. In fact, there are so many new ways to access the truth turn off the TV (ABC Channel 7, 9 & 10) which is causing brain rot. Remember the lies about the COVID vax, this mRNA was never safe nor stopped transmission, yet Gunner & FYLES mandated this Bioweapon.

  5. Warms my heart to know that Lia and MC are acting as each other’s “disclosure buddies” so every time they get caught being crooked they can say they disclosed it to someone

  6. Bury this debacle Attorney General . . . and you bury our Territory, and we territorians.

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