Samantha Maiden

Samantha Maiden
Born Samantha Louise Maiden
Adelaide, Australia
Residence Canberra, Australia
Nationality Australian
Alma mater University of South Australia
Occupation Journalist
Years active 1994 present
Employer News Corp Australia
Children 2

Samantha Louise Maiden is an Australian journalist. She is the political editor for a number of Sunday News Corp Australia newspapers including The Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Herald Sun and Sunday Mail. She has been based in Canberra as a political correspondent since 1998.[1]

Maiden is known for breaking exclusive political stories for News Corp papers.[2] She also appears as a commentator on television news programs, including Today and Pyne & Marles [3] and is a known associate of alleged "dessert queen" Annabel Crabb [4]

Maiden is also a keen amateur thespian and briefly appeared on the soap opera Home and Away playing the boss of a gang of surfers who terrorised the fictional town of Summer Bay. She is also a highly regarded artist, producing the acclaimed "Socially Awkward" art-book dealing with issues of social isolation and anxiety.[5]

In 2016, Maiden revealed that Immigration Minister Peter Dutton had inadvertently sent a text message describing her as a "mad fucking witch" directly to her, instead of a colleague, after Maiden wrote a critical opinion piece.[6]

The "witch incident" became internationally significant when Marvel's dark hero Jessica Jones tweeted encouragement to Maiden "welcoming her to the club (of mad fucking witches)". [7]

On 6 April 2016, Maiden pleaded guilty to a drink driving charge and two 'fail to obey police' charges in Goulburn Local Court, having recorded a blood alcohol reading of 0.136 on 20 March 2016.[2] On 18 May 2016, Maiden was given a 12-month good behaviour bond, disqualified from driving for 7 months and fined $1000.[8]

Maiden was born in Adelaide and has two children.[1] Respected political commentator and Walkley Award-winning cartoonist Larry Pickering has described her as a "terrific sheila." [9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Meet the team in touch with you". Sunday Mail. 23 January 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  2. 1 2 Robin, Myriam (7 April 2016). "Sam Maiden could be going to the big house". Crikey. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  3. "Pyne, Marles talk Assange, ABCC on new show". Sky News Australia. 6 February 2016. Archived from the original on 6 February 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  4. "Eat, drink and be literary with Annabel Crabb". Australian National University. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  5. "Socially Awkward". Vantage Comics. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  6. "Politician accidentally sends text to journalist calling her a "mad f***ing witch"". The Sun. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  7. "'It's A Compliment': Marvel's Dark Hero Jessica Jones Weighs In On MP Peter Dutton's 'Mad Witch' Stab At Journalist Samantha Maiden". Huffington Post. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  8. Cole, David (18 May 2016). "News corp journo loses licence, avoids jail". Goulburn Post. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  9. "TONY, SURELY NOT YOU!". Pickering Post. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
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