https://origin.kidsnews.com.au/arts/the-10-inaugural-iconic-songs-chosen-for-the-national-songbook/news-story/9409a2195a672d1d5a556399fe40240fKidsNewsen2026-11-05T19:00:00+11:00The songs that define Australiaa culture,seriesdebut,the beloved rock anthem,a song,The most recent song,a yearly selection,his band,Picture,geography,electronic rock,the wake,the grade –,’s My Island Home,Harry Vanda,’s track,other nine works,symbolic,Rob Hirst,following year,* – physical and spiritual –,The Necks’,another song,a deep,peace,the fun,the 1998 film,songwriting body APRA,another no-brainer,a little bit,Australia GLOSSARY iconic,Peter Sculthorpe,Helen Reddy,more songs,The Presets’,Murray,’s inclusion,the displacement,search,intense and unsettling score,Midnight Oil frontman Peter Garrett,the things,no matter,the inaugural* list,The ’90s decade,George Young,first resonance,safety and protection,Sound Archive,’ Up.She,a sacred wayinaugural,people,its lasting resonance*,reconciliation,a mammoth task,the Australian spirit and character,Treaty,this song,just another song,Australia,experts,APRA,’s National Songbook,our shiny new songbook.Fast,the genesis*,the song,the legendary Harry Vanda and George Young,The songs,girls,two songs,My People,Darren Leigh Roberts,10 iconic* songs,The National Songbook,Friday,National Songbook inductees,the National Film,the same era,National Film and Sound Archive,our identity,the first selection,Ten iconic Australian tunes,Waltzing Matilda,the loss,the next oldest track,APRA.The,Midnight Oil,personal connectiongenesis,a teen dance student,The Presets,its heart,beginning,physical and spiritual –,Earth Cry.The most recent song,the form,’s cultural identity and,collective memory,the place,Australian detention centres,our national culture,a people,the club,Two instrumental pieces,the National Film and Sound Archive and,the crowds,the First Australians,GREEN,the story,nationenshrined,the Stolen Generations.The,songwriting body APRA.The,their home 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LEVEL,Bruno Fellipe Lobo Silva Souza,the green and gold,Dakar,The girls,November 2026,both boys,Turner,’s beach volleyball,Grace Buchanan,other Australian supporters,Saly Beach Westhttps://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/ce3eb56007a151a4e0fa6b9c4bd8df04https://origin.kidsnews.com.au/explainers/us-elections-decide-trumps-power-and-aussie-cost-of-living/news-story/2369b4ac002ecac795d945bfcd970407KidsNewsen2026-11-04T19:00:00+11:00US Congress just flipped to blueAussies,the day,Vice President JD Vance,US Senate 2026 US ELECTIONS DECIDE TRUMP,advance,presidency,Picture,a Michigan Democratic Party election event,Michigan Democratic,seven seats,’s loss,’s Republican Party,a while,Jim Chalmers,the gasoline,their vote,AP,last night,That power imbalance,the party,a sitting president,The reason,a little bit,Donald Trump,grabs,the chamber,Vance,Washington,All 435 seats,Mr Vance,short term,The US midterm election results,Voting,their ballots,the USA,the 1980s,35,voting locations,every four 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push,Mongolia and China,his father and brothers,the plus,Angela Bushby,his own two feet,no vehicle,The Channel Tunnel,A “Welcome Home,a challenge,November 1, 1998,the street,the Caspian Sea,Karl Bushby,Picture,Panama,Baku,a card,the North,hundreds,two unbreakable rules,not peril,his hometown,now 57,his tearful mum,seas,an ancient,left,the Bering land bridge,last 28 years,illegal entry,London,his mother,reality,New York Post,Adventurer Karl Bushby,a flight,29,our wildest dreams,Washington,swimming,October 5,11am,foot,local time,the Darien Gap,his journey,a village,the scene,a photograph,his granddaughter Harley Bushby,his way,the Parachute Regiment,a man,Kremlin,the Russian Embassy,The Post,the brutal,Monday,’s doorstep,an army veteran,individuals,mother,a cross-Channel swim,28-year walk,the mid-1990s,a Royal Air Force base,Dimitry Kieffer,the idea,road-free stretch,Shakespeare Beach,the 90km frozen Bering Strait*,both coastguards,November 1,57,about 20 hours,nation states,roughly five 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