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Liz Hobday<\/p>\n

April 30, 2026 \u2014 7:57am<\/p>\n

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Punk rockers Amyl and The Sniffers have bagged three top gongs at the Australian music industry\u2019s APRA awards.<\/p>\n

Jerkin\u2019, the opening track from the band\u2019s third studio album, Cartoon Darkness, has won the prestigious peer-voted Song of the Year award, as well as Most Performed Rock Work.<\/p>\n

\"AmylAmyl and The Sniffers receiving the award for Song of the Year during the APRA Music Awards 2026 at Hordern Pavilion.Getty Images<\/p>\n

The four-piece outfit fronted by high-energy singer Amy Taylor<\/a> also took home the Songwriter of the Year award for the second year running.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast time I checked, I\u2019ve got success,\u201d sings Taylor in Jerkin\u2019.<\/p>\n

Too right \u2013 but it\u2019s one of the very few lines from the high-energy diss track that could be quoted in mainstream media, because the rest are full of swear words.<\/p>\n

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The awards ceremony was held at Sydney\u2019s Hordern Pavilion on Wednesday night, with performances by Paul Kelly, Christine Anu, Ngulmiya and Rob Ruha.<\/p>\n

The star-studded evening also celebrated 100 years of APRA, the Australasian Performing Right Association, which was founded in 1926 and collects music royalties for artists.<\/p>\n

Tributes were paid to the late Midnight Oil founder and drummer Rob Hirst, who died in January at the age of 70.<\/p>\n

The Presets performed their version of the Oils\u2019 1982 hit Power and the Passion, with a guest appearance by Peter Garrett.<\/p>\n

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Sia\u2019s hit track Unstoppable showed it was just that, with the artist winning Most Performed Australian Work Overseas for the third consecutive year.<\/p>\n

The win means Sia has more APRA awards than any other songwriter, with 14 gongs to her name.<\/p>\n

The hit track Maybe, by Guy Sebastian<\/a> and his co-writers Ned Houston and Robby De Sa, took out Most Performed Australian Work and Most Performed Pop Work.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, hit-making songwriter Sarah Aarons, who has worked with K-pop boy band BTS<\/a> as well as Flume and Tame Impala, took out her sixth APRA gong with an International Recognition Award.<\/p>\n

Rock band INXS was recognised with the prestigious Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music, with performer Ecca Vandal covering the early INXS track Just Keep Walking.<\/p>\n

2026 APRA Music Awards winnersPeer-Voted Song of the Year: Jerkin\u2019 \u2013 Amyl and The SniffersSongwriter of the Year: Amyl and The SniffersTed Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music: INXSEmerging Songwriter of the Year: Emily Wurramara<\/p>\n

Most Performed Works:<\/p>\n

Australian Work: Maybe \u2013 Guy SebastianAustralian Work Overseas: Unstoppable \u2013 SiaAlternative Work: Please Don\u2019t Move to Melbourne \u2013 Ball Park MusicBlues & Roots Work: Survival \u2013 Karen Lee AndrewsCountry Work: Who You Are \u2013 Rachael FahimDance\/Electronic Work: Tell Me \u2013 Sonny Fodera & Clementine DouglasHard Rock\/Heavy Metal Work: RAINDROP \u2013 Ocean GroveHip Hop\/Rap Work: Spinnin\u2019 \u2013 ONEFOUR & NemzzzInternational Work: Timeless \u2013 The Weeknd & Playboi CartiPop Work: Maybe \u2013 Guy SebastianR&B\/Soul Work: Pity Party \u2013 PANIARock Work: Jerkin\u2019 \u2013 Amyl and The Sniffer<\/p>\n

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