[4] From 1986 until 1987 Bird served at the Australian embassy in Harare, Zimbabwe, and from 1990 until 1993 at the Permanent Mission of Australia to the United Nations in New York City.

[6] On 11 June 2014, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott appointed Bird as Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations.

[11] Bird presented her credentials to the Director of State Protocol and Diplomatic Events at the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, on 5 November 2020.

[12] In July 2014 news sites outside of Australia reported that an unprecedented suppression order was issued by the Supreme Court of Victoria for an affidavit from Bird relating to allegations that Securency and Note Printing Australia (NPA) agents had made bribes totalling million of dollars for the purposes of securing contracts to manufacture polymer banknotes to Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, and other countries.

[14] This article incorporates material from a website of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and is used under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia  Licence.