The most recent Australian song on the list is another call to arms disguised as an electronic banger: 2008’s My People by the Presets. Written by Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes, the track is a protest song about Australia’s treatment of asylum seekers. Its lyrics – “I’m here with all of my people / locked up with all of my people” – were written as a declaration of solidarity. “Its political message may be less immediately apparent to listeners today, but its ferocity remains,” the panel said.

This is one of my go to's. Although I didn't realise it was specific to Asylum Seekers in Australia. I'd thought it was about the insane amounts of people (refugees) just sitting in camps wasting away while the world carries on blithely ignoring their cry for help. Cool to find out something new about a song I listen to regularly.

To be eligible, the songs must have been written or co-written by an Australian Apra member, be at least a decade old, and have a demonstrable cultural impact.

While I'm interested in the list as a cultural artifact, and generally think its a good idea. This little note leaves a poor taste in my mouth.

Why should a song have to be from an Apra member. Seems like a private organisation trying to leverage Australian culture to increase lock-in and sustain their own existence without providing any material extra value to their members.

Tactics worthy of Apple, and I can't see why the NFSA should have let themselves be used in this way. If, of course, I have the right of it.

Don't go to the Waltzing Matilda Wikipedia unless you want to get lost in a rabbit hole.