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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Amanda Meade

Sam Maiden untroubled by the Australian’s blue on blue attack over Brittany Higgins

Samantha Maiden
In the Weekend Australian, columnist Janet Albrechtsen wrote a feature suggesting Samantha Maiden (pictured) was ‘too close to [Brittany] Higgins’. Photograph: Supplied

Last year Samantha Maiden won the Gold Walkley, Australian journalism’s highest honour, for her reporting for news.com.au of the Brittany Higgins story. Maiden is the national political editor for the Murdoch-owned masthead, which is the most popular news website in the country.

But being a star reporter for a News Corp outlet does not, apparently, mean much when another News Corp outlet has an exclusive story that involves your leaked private texts with a source.

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