[1] She began her radio career as a trainee broadcast officer at the ABC in Perth.
[2] Nearly three years later Haultain took a role as senior reporter and presenter with ABC Rural, hosting Countrywide for Radio National.
[5] Haultain then presented Afternoons for two years before leaving 774 ABC Melbourne on 15 December 2004.
[2] Haultain is married to ABC Radio Grandstand presenter Francis Leach.
For a while she and her husband worked in the same timeslot on their respective stations, when Haultain presented 'Afternoons and Francis was at 1116 SEN.[6] Haultain returned to ABC Radio Melbourne in 2019 to co-host a special edition of The Conversation Hour with Jon Faine on 13 May 2019.