Lia Finocchiaro, born in Darwin, studied law and international studies at the University of Adelaide. She began practising as a lawyer on her return to Darwin and was a finalist in the Australian of the Year Young Achiever (NT) in 2012. She is a Member of the Legislative Assembly for the electorate of Drysdale in the Northern Teritory.

Sources used to compile this entry: 'Lia Finocchiaro', in Territory Women, Northern Territory Government, 2015, http://hdl.handle.net/10070/243184; https://www.facebook.com/LiaFinocchiaroMLA/info/?tab=page_info; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lia_Finocchiaro; https://countryliberals.org.au/members.php?id=42.