Maiden Samantha

Australian political journalist who was a political reporter for Sky News Australia (2017-2018) and 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 also appears as a commentator on television news programs, including Today and Pyne & Marles, and as a regular panellist on The Project and The Drum. In 2016, Maiden said 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 Marvels dark hero Jessica Jones tweeted encouragement to Maiden "welcoming her to the club (of mad fucking witches)". Her book, Party Animals: The Secret History of a Labor Fiasco, was released on 3 March 2020. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less