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	Sky News Australia
Children	2

Samantha Louise Maiden is an Australian journalist. She is a political reporter for Sky News Australia and was previously 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.

Maiden was known for breaking exclusive political stories for News Corp papers until resigning in 2016. She also appears as a commentator on television news programs, including Today and Pyne & Marles and is a known associate of alleged "dessert queen" Annabel Crabb She joined Sky News in 2017, first appearing on 30 January 2017.

She is also a highly regarded artist, producing the acclaimed "Socially Awkward" art-book dealing with issues of social isolation and anxiety.

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. 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)".

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. On 18 May 2016, Maiden was given a 12-month good behaviour bond, disqualified from driving for 7 months and fined $1000.

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