Tourism WA’s ‘Walking On A Dream’ recognised among 2026 Adland ARIA nominees

The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) has revealed the five nominees for the 2026 ARIA Award for Best Use of an Australian Recording in an Advertisement, including Tourism WA and The Brand Agency’s ‘Walking On A Dream’.

The winner of the fourth Adland ARIA will be announced at the 2026 ARIA Awards in partnership with Spotify on Wednesday, 18 November at the Hordern Pavilion on Gadigal land.

The nominees are:

Fox Sports Australia: Finals Footy
Fox Sports Australia
3%, Fred Leone and Scribe

Paramount+: All Fired Up, AFC Women’s Asian Cup
Hello
G Flip

Tourism WA: Walking On A Dream
Tourism WA
Empire Of The Sun, West Australian Symphony Orchestra and Billy-Jo Shoveller

Toyota: Nice to Know it could.
THE HERO CORPORATION
Amyl and The Sniffers

Uber Eats: The Man LAROI Special
Special
The Kid LAROI

ARIA CEO, Annabelle Herd, said: “Every campaign on this list could have chosen to license anything in the world. They all chose an Australian record. A local artist is an incredibly powerful choice to tell a local story, and equally, a line in an agency’s music budget can change an artist’s career. Congratulations to all five nominees. Thank you to every agency and brand backing homegrown music for homegrown campaigns.”

The first phase of the ‘Walking On A Dream’ campaign was also nominated in the inaugural Best Use of an Australian Recording in an Advertisement category in 2023.