National Songbook

Cold Chisel, Archie Roach, Paul Kelly, Goanna, Icehouse and Men At Work are among the artists whose songs could have joined the inaugural National Songbook selections.

The West Australian composers won every category in which they were nominated at the 2026 Screen Music Awards, while Adam Gock and Dinesh Wicks extended their record of success and Cezary Skubiszewski received a major career honour.

Polish-born composer Cezary Skubiszewski, whose scores shaped Red Dog, Two Hands and the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, receives the top industry recognition at the 2026 Screen Music Awards in Brisbane.

Antony Partos, Josh Hogan and Ned Beckley each have four nominations, while the field spans television, film, games, advertising, documentaries and children's programming.

From First Nations songlines and protest music to pop anthems, jingles and digital disruption, a new anthology examines how Australian songwriting has reflected and influenced the country across a century.

Paul Stanhope, Alex Turley, Mindy Meng Wang, Monica Lim, Nat Bartsch and Liza Lim AM were among the major recipients as Australia's art music community gathered in Melbourne for the 2026 Art Music Awards.

Internationally acclaimed composer, educator and researcher Professor Liza Lim AM will receive the Richard Gill Award for Distinguished Services to Australian Music at the 2026 Art Music Awards in Melbourne on 19 August.