Kiss's arrival this week could not have come soon enough after the Wallabies won just 26 of 73 Tests during three horror coaching campaigns under New Zealand mentors Dave Rennie and Joe Schmidt either side of a calamitous 2023 cameo from Eddie Jones.
The 35.62 per cent "success" rate marks the most embarrassing six years in history for a proud nation that has won two Rugby World Cups and been etched in the world's top three for the best part of a century.
But in a refreshing pledge, Kiss wants his new-era side to return to playing the traditional Australian style, 11 years after Michael Cheika guided the Wallabies to the 2015 World Cup final with his daring ball-in-hands approach.
"There is an Aussie spirit that comes through in that game when you're kids. You just play what's in front of you," the 61-year-old said when asked how on Thursday his team would play.
"You're free of all the the things that can get in the way. I want to make sure we coach at the right level and unleash what we're good at.
"We're a good, innovative type of thinking player and team. Let's play with our spirit."
Kiss's mantra doesn't mean the Wallabies will merely throw caution to the wind.
"The other thing that's important that comes through when we're in the backyard or on the beach as kids, as we grow up, is we're competitive," he said.
"We will go very hard into contact, we'll fight for every inch. When we're on the try line, these boys will defend it with their life.
"We want the country to be proud of what they see and we just want to make sure we can do our bit as a new coaching team to enhance that as much as possible, give them every chance to live their dreams and blaze their own trail."
Ultimately, though, Kiss wants the Wallabies winning again, as has already been demanded by Rugby Australia boss Phil Waugh, who says the new coach's performance would be measured by results.
"Without a doubt. The big focus is getting to the final weekend in 2027," Waugh told AAP.
A former Kangaroos rugby league Test winger, Kiss is acutely aware of his responsibilities 13 months out from a home World Cup.
"There's no doubt that any team I've been with just wants to win," he said after revealing his first Wallabies squad in Sydney.
"There is work to be done. What I've seen in the last two or three weeks and the little times that I've been in the camps over the last two years, I believe that there's more in us and I truly believe the players think there's more in us."
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