2017 APRA Music Award Winners Announced

The 2017 APRA Music Award winners have been announced in Sydney on 3 March.

Harley Streten (Flume) (published by AMPAL members Kobalt Music Publishing obo Future Classic) received three awards: Dance Work of the Year and Most Played Australian Work for Never Be Like You feat. Kai and Songwriter of the Year.

The prestigious Song of the Year award was taken out by Oliver Perry (D.D Dumbo) (publishd by AMPAL member Mushroom Music) for his work Satan.  

Also on the evening, legendary songwriter, storyteller and activist, Archie Roach, was presented with the 2017 Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music.

The full list of winners is available at: http://apraamcos.com.au/awards/2017-awards/apra-music-awards/full-list-of-winners/

AMPAL congratulates all its award winning members, all writers and award recipients!

Parliamentary Friends of Australian Music rock Canberra

AMPAL has attended the second Parliamentary Friends of Australian Music event at Parliament House along with APRA AMCOS, ARIA, PPCA and other industry associations, and songwriters and artists Diesel, Montaigne, Ross Wilson (Daddy Cool/Mondo Rock), Megan Washington, Kav Temperley (Eskimo Joe) and Daryl Braithwaite. 

In Canberra to stress the importance of copyright and government support for the contemporary music industry, these songwriters performed in front of more than 300 staffers, senators and MPs.

The delegates discussed their views on why the Productivity Commission’s recent recommendations to expand Australia’s copyright safe harbour provisions and introduce a US-style ‘fair use’ exception into the Copyright Act are a blunt attack on Australia’s creative industries. General Manager of AMPAL, Matthew O'Sullivan, noted ''we urge the Federal Government to refer any proposed copyright safe harbour amendment to the Department of Communications and the Arts for a comprehensive review and evidence-based inquiry; and full consultation with the creative industries.'