How much would you pay to to force a potentially uncomfortable flight on your political rival?

If you're climate campaigning millionaire Simon Holmes À Court and said rival is Opposition Leader Sussan Ley , the answer is $15,000.

The Liberal boss offered herself as a prize at tonight's fundraising auction at the Midwinter Ball in Canberra and the Climate 200 founder doubled the next highest bid - but he didn't want the flight for himself.

Ley promised "a flight and a lunch you'll never forget" for two people in her Cessna-182, with optional shearing lessons but mandatory "ripping yarns over a cold Australian lager".

Holmes À Court said on X that the win meant Ley would spend a day flying 18-year-old bushfire survivor Katya Zheluk "and a climate scientist around regional NSW

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