Lia Timson
Lia Timson is a producer with The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. She was previously deputy foreign editor and technology editor.
Australia’s first music school empire collapses, owing $1.8 million
The Amazon-inspired suburban music school celebrated its success with a lavish yacht party. Now it owes teachers and the Tax Office.
- Eryk Bagshaw and Lia Timson
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For the cost of a one-bedroom unit, we bought a French chateau. It’s a labour of love
We’ve been renovators since we got married. Our toughest project is also our most thrilling.
- Lia Timson
How Australia’s largest music school disintegrated
The Stormer brothers, inspired by Silicon Valley, hosted a yacht party to celebrate their education empire. Now they are accused of fleecing staff, students and parents.
- Eryk Bagshaw and Lia Timson
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- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
What to know about the Gaza ceasefire deal
The agreement contains a three-stage process to free hostages and negotiate a more permanent end to the war, but a last-minute crisis threatens to derail it.
- Lia Timson and Michael Koziol
What to expect around the world in 2025
One name keeps popping up as our correspondents note the major issues they will be watching on their patch. It promises to be a wild ride.
- Lisa Visentin, Zach Hope, Farrah Tomazin, Rob Harris and Lia Timson
The rise and fall of strongmen, and justice for a woman unbowed
It was a year of wars, election surprises, royal health scares and the reign of new queens. Within this maelstrom, one woman’s quiet courage shone through.
- Lisa Visentin, Zach Hope, Farrah Tomazin, Rob Harris, Matthew Knott, Matt Wade and Lia Timson
How Ornella’s ‘very expensive education’ in Sydney pushed her to build a school across the Timor Sea
At the age of 14, Ornella Byak had an encounter that shaped the course of her life.
- Lia Timson
Morceau of France with the harbour and bush thrown in to taste
I love that I can hear different languages on the streets and in shops and can get my fix of delicious French pastries and baguettes without having to fork out for a plane ticket.
- Lia Timson
- Explainer
- Epstein fallout
Who was Jeffrey Epstein?
Intrigue surrounds Jeffrey Epstein years after his death in prison. Why? And what do Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and Prince Andrew have to do with it?
- Lia Timson
- Analysis
- World politics
What to expect around the world in 2024
Amid hope for less war and a better year, our correspondents take a look at the major issues they will be watching in their patch.
- Eryk Bagshaw, Chris Barrett, Lucy Cormack, Rob Harris, Farrah Tomazin, Lia Timson and Matt Wade