Elliot Lawry

Sydney

Video Producer at The Daily Aus

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‘A patchwork quilt of repression’: The disappearing right to protest in NSW

Oct 15, 2023 | honisoit.com | Luke Cass |Elliot Lawry

“I don’t want to see protests on our streets at all, from anybody” — Yasmin Catley, NSW Police MinisterLong before her arrest, Violet Coco knew that she’d be going to prison. The 33-year-old environmental activist was sitting at a friend’s table, when the news broke that the NSW Government had passed draconian restrictions on the right to protest in the state.
Laugh-out-loud musical silliness:

Aug 11, 2023 | honisoit.com | Elliot Lawry

Hayes Theatre Company’s production of Murder for Twois a non-stop tour de force of compelling comedy and musical talent. The show, adapted from a Chicago-borne production, follows police officer Marcus Moscowicz (Gabbi Bolt) as he tries to uncover the culprit in the murder of a famous novelist.
Enduring the vortex of the journalist-to-influencer pipeline

Aug 7, 2023 | honisoit.com | Elliot Lawry

I redownloaded TikTok last week. This scene is pretty common. I put on a cute outfit and open the app to capture my wittiest takes on the latest cultural phenomena, only to delete it after a quick spiral. As a Masters student studying journalism at USyd, we are encouraged, nay, willed to weaponise our personal social media profiles for future success. I don’t love it, but the fact is: it’s not entirely stupid advice.
Choosing Accidents

Aug 5, 2023 | honisoit.com | Elliot Lawry

Last week, my mum got lost driving us home. “I’m just trying a new way,” she assured me. “It’s good for your brain.”I’ve endured a lifetime of this logic. “It’s good for your brain” is the same reason she uses to justify stopping to read every placard she passes. She is tediously inquisitive and unbelievably weird. But weirdness is a rarity in an increasingly digital world. Online, our personalities are distilled into a series of zeros and ones.
10 years on: Labor’s refugee shame

Jul 23, 2023 | honisoit.com | Elliot Lawry

Over two hundred people joined in protest outside Sydney Town Hall on Sunday, decrying Labor’s abhorrent history of offshore detention policies. July 19th marked ten years since then Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced that asylum seekers arriving by boat would be sent offshore to Manus and Nauru and banned from ever settling in Australia.
Track by Track: Peach PRC is our Favourite Person in electric debut EP

May 15, 2023 | honisoit.com | Elliot Lawry

With her first EP Manic Dream Pixie finally out, TikTok sensation Peach PRC has solidified her place as a vibrant fixture of Australia’s pop music landscape. In her new release, Peach (born Shaylee Curnow) balances narrative worldbuilding against increasingly bombastic pop synths. Each song on the new record relays a different perspective on love, loss and self-discovery, each to differing levels of success.
“The Greta Thunberg of Depression”: Edan McGovern brings the laughs in ‘Ritalin Princess’

Apr 28, 2023 | honisoit.com | Elliot Lawry

Edan McGovern is a breath of fresh air on the Sydney comedy scene. While debuting her stand-up show at the Factory Theatre for Sydney Comedy Festival, the 24-year-old explored themes of mental health, grief, and addiction without ever losing levity. Before the show opens a pre-recorded message from the event organisers reminds audience members that photography and phone use is prohibited.
A basket of lemons: what Nonno remembered

Apr 24, 2023 | honisoit.com | Elliot Lawry

My grandfather was nothing short of incredible. Last year, Nonno Franco passed away at 91 after a long battle with dementia. The neurodegenerative condition is recognised as the second most common cause of death by Dementia Australia, making this an extremely sad reality for many people and their loved ones. I do not want this piece to be a sad story. Growing up, I could be sure of a few things when visiting my grandparents in the northern Melbourne suburb of Fawkner.
Dancing on my own: In defence of going to concerts alone

Apr 4, 2023 | honisoit.com | Elliot Lawry

In January I had an out-of-body experience. From high above I saw myself, standing in the middle of a sweaty crowd at Hordern Pavillion, but completely alone. Around me, people laughed with their friends and danced to Mariah Carey’s Heartbreaker as we awaited the headline act for the night. With no reception and no one to turn to, I was forced to stand in place and revel in the loneliness of the moment.
Climate activist Violet Coco's jail term overturned on appeal

Mar 15, 2023 | honisoit.com | Elliot Lawry

A district court judge quashed on Wednesday Violet Coco’ the 15-month jail sentence received after blocking traffic on the Sydney Harbour Bridge in April 2022 as part of an environmental protest. Coco received a 12-month conditional release order in the Downing Centre Court, after Judge Mark Williams heard evidence that she had been imprisoned on false information from NSW Police.