Lisa Wilkinson’s daughter in awkward Photoshop error at The Aus Daily

A massive photoshop blunder has attracted unwanted attention to The Daily Aus, the website edited by Lisa Wilkinson’s daughter Billi FitzSimons.

A massive photoshop blunder has attracted unwanted attention to the The Daily Aus, the website edited by Lisa Wilkinson’s daughter Billi FitzSimons.

The website mistakenly posted a doctored photo of the German flag atop the Sydney Harbour Bridge, in a post about the government’s recent decision spend $25 million to permanently fix the Aboriginal flag on the landmark.

In a statement, co-founder Sam Koslowski said: “It was a simple screw-up.

“One of our web designers was mocking up some new designs and inadvertently put a mock design up live.

“This was a design testing error and nothing to do with our editorial team. It was meant for internal design review only and was published in error.

“We have reviewed our internal design and testing processes so it doesn’t happen again.”

'One of our web designers was mocking up some new designs and inadvertently put a mock design up live.'

Critics were quick to weigh in on Billi FitzSimons’ appointment as editor of the youth website earlier this year, with some claiming her position was a result of nepotism.

But the 24-year-old immediately shut down talk of the position being undeserved, declaring she wishes to forge her own path in the industry and not rely on her parents’ success as TV presenters and columnists.

“I want to be known for my work and not for my parents’ names – and I hope that the work I do warrants that,” she told news.com.au in March.

Both parents hit back at critics on Twitter drawing attention to the fact the publication’s target audience was young people Billi’s age.

“Our daughter, @BilliFitzSimons is 24. The Instagram platform she just became editor of is a brilliant new way to get your news. Targeted at young people, many of whom don’t trust MSM. I use it every day. If you’re not following @TheDailyAus on Instagram you’re missing out,” Lisa wrote.

Both parents hit back at critics on Twitter drawing attention to the fact the publication’s target audience was young people Billi’s age.

“Her mother was made editor of Dolly at the age of 21, and went well,” Peter wrote.

“In Billi’s case she is Editor of a platform that is going after a mob her age, in their 20s, and getting them in droves. 330,000 followers in last couple of years or so. She works like a demon, and will go well.”

Ms FitzSimons said she treats her job as a “huge responsibility” and believes her age is an asset to the youth publication.

“I know there’s been a lot of discussion about my age, but I think it should also be recognised that in this role my age is an asset,” she said. “We’re a team of young people, speaking to young people.

“Editing is something that I’ve always been hoping to do, and I’m lucky that in such a small team I was given the opportunity to step up and lead a team of young journalists.

The Daily Aus was founded by lawyer and journalist Sam Koslowski and former political staffer and journalist Zara Seidler.

Billi’s career began as an editorial assistant in 2018 at Mamamia, which was created by Mia Freedman, who Lisa famously hired as an intern at Dolly magazine 30 years earlier.

Originally published as Lisa Wilkinson’s daughter in awkward Photoshop error at The Aus Daily