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What do Jacqui Lambie, Helen Haines and Queen Victoria have in common? Far too much

What do Jacqui Lambie, Helen Haines and Queen Victoria have in common? Far too much

We like to blame modern times and modern platforms, but answers, too, can be found in our long history of insisting that women quietly endure.

friday 10

WA Today

Julia Baird

What do Jacqui Lambie, Helen Haines and Queen Victoria have in common? Far too much

What do Jacqui Lambie, Helen Haines and Queen Victoria have in common? Far too much

We like to blame modern times and modern platforms, but answers, too, can be found in our long history of insisting that women quietly endure.

friday 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Julia Baird

What do Jacqui Lambie, Helen Haines and Queen Victoria have in common? Far too much

What do Jacqui Lambie, Helen Haines and Queen Victoria have in common? Far too much

We like to blame modern times and modern platforms, but answers, too, can be found in our long history of insisting that women quietly endure.

friday 10

The Age

Julia Baird

What do Jacqui Lambie, Helen Haines and Queen Victoria have in common? Far too much

What do Jacqui Lambie, Helen Haines and Queen Victoria have in common? Far too much

We like to blame modern times and modern platforms, but answers, too, can be found in our long history of insisting that women quietly endure.

friday 10

Brisbane Times

Julia Baird

What my father Bruce taught me, and why I’ll always stare at fish

What my father Bruce taught me, and why I’ll always stare at fish

He was a great human. And he paid attention, especially to the things that aren’t written down, that aren’t on the syllabus.

16.10.2026 20

WA Today

Julia Baird

What my father Bruce taught me, and why I’ll always stare at fish

What my father Bruce taught me, and why I’ll always stare at fish

He was a great human. And he paid attention, especially to the things that aren’t written down, that aren’t on the syllabus.

16.10.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Julia Baird

What my father Bruce taught me, and why I’ll always stare at fish

What my father Bruce taught me, and why I’ll always stare at fish

He was a great human. And he paid attention, especially to the things that aren’t written down, that aren’t on the syllabus.

16.10.2026 20

The Age

Julia Baird

What my father Bruce taught me, and why I’ll always stare at fish

What my father Bruce taught me, and why I’ll always stare at fish

He was a great human. And he paid attention, especially to the things that aren’t written down, that aren’t on the syllabus.

16.10.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Julia Baird

Magda Szubanski’s name won’t pop up if you search great leaders. It should

Magda’s book has given us three important lessons. Everyone should read it.

03.10.2026 20

WA Today

Julia Baird

Magda Szubanski’s name won’t pop up if you search great leaders. It should

Magda’s book has given us three important lessons. Everyone should read it.

03.10.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Julia Baird

Magda Szubanski’s name won’t pop up if you search great leaders. It should

Magda’s book has given us three important lessons. Everyone should read it.

03.10.2026 40

The Age

Julia Baird

Magda Szubanski’s name won’t pop up if you search great leaders. It should

Magda’s book has given us three important lessons. Everyone should read it.

03.10.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Julia Baird

There’s one sure way to bring down abortion rates, and it’s not up to women

Abortion bans don’t work. But every pregnancy starts with one act, by a male.

19.09.2026 30

WA Today

Julia Baird

There’s one sure way to bring down abortion rates, and it’s not up to women

Abortion bans don’t work. But every pregnancy starts with one act, by a male.

19.09.2026 50

The Sydney Morning Herald

Julia Baird

There’s one sure way to bring down abortion rates, and it’s not up to women

Abortion bans don’t work. But every pregnancy starts with one act, by a male.

19.09.2026 40

The Age

Julia Baird

There’s one sure way to bring down abortion rates, and it’s not up to women

Abortion bans don’t work. But every pregnancy starts with one act, by a male.

19.09.2026 50

Brisbane Times

Julia Baird

Of God, Dolly and Gloria Steinem ... and the women who keep the faith

All praise to the religious women who refuse to believe their God wanted to keep them beneath men.

05.09.2026 40

WA Today

Julia Baird

Of God, Dolly and Gloria Steinem ... and the women who keep the faith

All praise to the religious women who refuse to believe their God wanted to keep them beneath men.

05.09.2026 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Julia Baird

Of God, Dolly and Gloria Steinem ... and the women who keep the faith

All praise to the religious women who refuse to believe their God wanted to keep them beneath men.

05.09.2026 40

The Age

Julia Baird

Of God, Dolly and Gloria Steinem ... and the women who keep the faith

All praise to the religious women who refuse to believe their God wanted to keep them beneath men.

05.09.2026 40

Brisbane Times

Julia Baird

It’s the primally terrifying case that’s gripping America. But is this mother a murderer or a victim?

In January 2024, Lindsay Clancy was building a snowman with her three children. Hours later, in the midst of a postpartum psychotic episode, she...

21.08.2026 40

WA Today

Julia Baird

It’s the primally terrifying case that’s gripping America. But is this mother a murderer or a victim?

In January 2024, Lindsay Clancy was building a snowman with her three children. Hours later, in the midst of a postpartum psychotic episode, she...

21.08.2026 50

The Sydney Morning Herald

Julia Baird

It’s the primally terrifying case that’s gripping America. But is this mother a murderer or a victim?

In January 2024, Lindsay Clancy was building a snowman with her three children. Hours later, in the midst of a postpartum psychotic episode, she...

21.08.2026 40

The Age

Julia Baird

It’s the primally terrifying case that’s gripping America. But is this mother a murderer or a victim?

In January 2024, Lindsay Clancy was building a snowman with her three children. Hours later, in the midst of a postpartum psychotic episode, she...

21.08.2026 40

Brisbane Times

Julia Baird

My daughter’s European backpacker odyssey is nothing like mine. That’s her loss

Gen Zs are largely responsible for the travel boom in Europe. But what they are missing is the joy of not being seen.

08.08.2026 60

The Sydney Morning Herald

Julia Baird

My daughter’s European backpacker odyssey is nothing like mine. That’s her loss

Gen Zs are largely responsible for the travel boom in Europe. But what they are missing is the joy of not being seen.

08.08.2026 50

The Age

Julia Baird

My daughter’s European backpacker odyssey is nothing like mine. That’s her loss

Gen Zs are largely responsible for the travel boom in Europe. But what they are missing is the joy of not being seen.

08.08.2026 50

WA Today

Julia Baird

My daughter’s European backpacker odyssey is nothing like mine. That’s her loss

Gen Zs are largely responsible for the travel boom in Europe. But what they are missing is the joy of not being seen.

08.08.2026 50

Brisbane Times

Julia Baird

Odysseus didn’t rest on his laurels. But like the rest of us, maybe he should have

Can we revert to the original, Grecian meaning of this long-misused term? Let’s rest on our laurels for a bit! Stick it to the “rise and grind”...

25.07.2026 60

The Age

Julia Baird

Odysseus didn’t rest on his laurels. But like the rest of us, maybe he should have

I’d like to suggest we revert to the original, Grecian meaning of this long-misused term. Tell people to rest on their laurels for a bit! Stick it...

25.07.2026 60

WA Today

Julia Baird

Odysseus didn’t rest on his laurels. But like the rest of us, maybe he should have

I’d like to suggest we revert to the original, Grecian meaning of this long-misused term. Tell people to rest on their laurels for a bit! Stick it...

25.07.2026 70

The Sydney Morning Herald

Julia Baird

Odysseus didn’t rest on his laurels. But like the rest of us, maybe he should have

I’d like to suggest we revert to the original, Grecian meaning of this long-misused term. Tell people to rest on their laurels for a bit! Stick it...

25.07.2026 60

Brisbane Times

Julia Baird

PM got Bushie-whacked, but it’s daft to ask a powerful man to objectify real women

Cliches may create controversy, but they’re also boring.

11.07.2026 60

The Sydney Morning Herald

Julia Baird

PM got Bushie-whacked, but it’s daft to ask a powerful man to objectify real women

Cliches may create controversy, but they’re also boring.

11.07.2026 70

WA Today

Julia Baird

PM got Bushie-whacked, but it’s daft to ask a powerful man to objectify real women

Cliches may create controversy, but they’re also boring.

11.07.2026 60

The Age

Julia Baird

PM got Bushie-whacked, but it’s daft to ask a powerful man to objectify real women

Cliches may create controversy, but they’re also boring.

11.07.2026 60

Brisbane Times

Julia Baird

Anzac booers were a ‘God moment’: How Uncle Ray’s grace answers the graceless

Since the booing, the Aboriginal pastor has felt grateful that it revealed the ugliness Aboriginal people are routinely exposed to.

02.05.2026 60

The Sydney Morning Herald

Julia Baird

Anzac booers were a ‘God moment’: How Uncle Ray’s grace answers the graceless

Since the booing, the Aboriginal pastor has felt grateful that it revealed the ugliness Aboriginal people are routinely exposed to.

02.05.2026 70

WA Today

Julia Baird

Anzac booers were a ‘God moment’: How Uncle Ray’s grace answers the graceless

Since the booing, the Aboriginal pastor has felt grateful that it revealed the ugliness Aboriginal people are routinely exposed to.

02.05.2026 70

The Age

Julia Baird

Anzac booers were a ‘God moment’: How Uncle Ray’s grace answers the graceless

Since the booing, the Aboriginal pastor has felt grateful that it revealed the ugliness Aboriginal people are routinely exposed to.

02.05.2026 50

Brisbane Times

Julia Baird

Trump’s taken aim at the Pope. It’s another holy war he can’t win

Trump was re-elected with strong support from white American Catholics. Picking a fight with the pontiff is not in his political or ecclesiastical...

18.04.2026 70

WA Today

Julia Baird

Trump’s taken aim at the Pope. It’s another holy war he can’t win

Trump was re-elected with strong support from white American Catholics. Picking a fight with the pontiff is not in his political or ecclesiastical...

18.04.2026 80

The Sydney Morning Herald

Julia Baird

Trump’s taken aim at the Pope. It’s another holy war he can’t win

Trump was re-elected with strong support from white American Catholics. Picking a fight with the pontiff is not in his political or ecclesiastical...

18.04.2026 60

The Age

Julia Baird

Trump’s taken aim at the Pope. It’s another holy war he can’t win

Trump was re-elected with strong support from white American Catholics. Picking a fight with the pontiff is not in his political or ecclesiastical...

18.04.2026 70

Brisbane Times

Julia Baird

I’m hooked on competency porn. I wish our leaders were too

On our TV screens, the competent are elevated to the heroic. And why not? Is it really too much to ask of our politicians?

04.04.2026 60

WA Today

Julia Baird

I’m hooked on competency porn. I wish our leaders were too

On our TV screens, the competent are elevated to the heroic. And why not? Is it really too much to ask of our politicians?

04.04.2026 60

The Sydney Morning Herald

Julia Baird

I’m hooked on competency porn. I wish our leaders were too

On our TV screens, the competent are elevated to the heroic. And why not? Is it really too much to ask of our politicians?

04.04.2026 60

The Age

Julia Baird

I’m hooked on competency porn. I wish our leaders were too

On our TV screens, the competent are elevated to the heroic. And why not? Is it really too much to ask of our politicians?

04.04.2026 60

Brisbane Times

Julia Baird

I could weep every time I hear this brilliant woman speak. She’s so true and wise

Chloé Zhao is now one of the world’s top film directors. But she is also both exceptional and relatable, with a gleaming poetic energy, and I hope...

21.03.2026 70

WA Today

Julia Baird

I could weep every time I hear this brilliant woman speak. She’s so true and wise

Chloé Zhao is now one of the world’s top film directors. But she is also both exceptional and relatable, with a gleaming poetic energy, and I hope...

21.03.2026 90

The Sydney Morning Herald

Julia Baird