$5,165,498
raised to date

2023 - Great Southern Land

Charity Recipients


Host: Mark Humphries
Entertainment by: Mitch Tampo, Reigan, Glassbreakers

2022 - Under the Mirror Ball

Charity Recipients

Charity Amount
Rural Aid Australia $70,000
OzHarvest Australia $70,000
Fearless Women $40,000
Roundabout Canberra $40,000
Pink Elephants $30,000
Ukraine Crisis Appeal $100,000

Host: Mark Humphries
Special Guests: Marcia Hines

2019 - Pacific Island Forum

Charity Recipients

Charity Amount
Bully Zero Australia $100,000
Beard Season $60,000
CareFlight $25,000
Good360 Australia $25,000
LifeCircle $50,000
Vinnie Night Patrol $55,000
Guide Dogs Australia $25,000

Host: Annabel Crabb, David Speers
Entertainment by: Hans, Darryl Braithwaite, Jingle Jerry

2018 - Spring

Charity Recipients

Charity Amount
TLC for Kids $30,000
Beacon Foundation $30,000
Mummy’s Wish $40,000
Foyer Foundation $40,000
Indigenous Reading Project $45,000
Bosom Buddies (ACT) $5,000
Marymead (ACT) $40,000
Givit (ACT) $45,000

Host: Bob Downe
Special Guests: Jessica Mauboy

2017 - Our Bush Capital

Charity Recipients

Charity Amount
The Stroke Foundation $100,000
Share the Dignity $50,000
Lifeline $50,000
The Alannah & Madeline Foundation $50,000
Karinya House $60,000
Pegasus Riding for the Disabled $40,000

Host: David Speers and Andrew Meares
Special Guests: Samantha Jade & Cyrus Villanueva

2016 - Into the Future

Charity Recipients

Charity Amount
Orange Sky Laundry $110,000
OzHarvest Canberra $60,000
The Big Issue $50,000
Look Good Feel Better $45,000
The Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation $40,000
Companion House $40,000

Host: David Speers and Andrew Meares
Special Guests: Samantha Jade & Cyrus Villanueva

2015 - Winter Wonderland

Charity Recipients

Charity Amount
Luke Batty Foundation $110,000
Rare Cancers $110,000
The Mo Evie & Otis Foundation $35,000
Veterans off the Street $30,000
Women's Legal Centre ACT & Region $30,000
CEW Bean Foundation $25,000

Host: David Speers and Andrew Meares
Entertainment by: Stereotype
Special Guests: Jessica Mauboy

2014 - Puttin' on the Ritz

Charity Recipients

Charity Amount
Soldier On $100,000
Indigenous Reading Project $60,000
Menslink $30,000
Motor Neurone Disease NSW/ACT $30,000
Muscular Dystrophy NSW/ACT $30,000
Cystic Fibrosis ACT $30,000
Send Hope Not Flowers Asia / Pacific $20,000
Jodie O'Shea Orphanage Bali $20,000

Host: Gerry Connolly
Entertainment by: The Groove Academy

2013 - Oh Là Là

Charity Recipients

Charity Amount
Spinal Cure Australia $100,000
Lifeline $100,000
MS Society of the ACT $40,000
Inspire Foundation $40,000
Red Cross ACT $20,000
Indigenous Reading Project $20,000

Host: Bob Downe
Entertainment by: La Fiesta Sound System

2012 - La Dolce Vita

Charity Recipients

Charity Amount
The Warwick Foundation $100,000
Cerebral Palsy Alliance $100,000
Autism/Asperger ACT $50,000
Royal Life Saving Society $50,000

Host: Julian Morrow
Entertainment by: Atomic

2011 - Celebrate in Style

Charity Recipients

Charity Amount
Angel Flight $100,000
Big Bang Ballers $100,000
The Click Foundation $50,000
Working Wonders $20,000

Host: Julia Morris
Entertainment by: The Martini Club
Special Guests: Boys In The Band

2010 - Kick Up Your Heels!

Charity Recipients

Charity Amount
Camp Kookaburra $100,000
Fighting Chance $55,000
Karinya House for Mothers & Babies $55,000
Oz Help Foundation $55,000

Host: HG Nelson & Rampaging Roy Slaven
Entertainment by: The Enormous Horns

2009 - 10th Anniversary Celebration

Charity Recipients

Charity Amount
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation $50,000
Mirabel Foundation $50,000
Newborn Intensive Care Foundation $50,000
Sister2Sister Program $50,000
Oz Harvest Canberra $20,000
CEW Bean Foundation $20,000
Scouts Australia (ACT Branch) $10,000

Host: Gerry Connolly, Effie, Jean Kittson
Entertainment by: Jungle Jerry, Ashley Feraude & the Kool Kollective
Special Guests: Christine Anu, Grace Knight, Paulini

2008 - All that Glitters

Charity Recipients

Charity Amount
Nightstop Mission Australia $155,000
Bosom Buddies $30,000
Save the Children $30,000
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation $10,000

Host: Bob Downe
Entertainment by: Le DJ de Parti
Special Guests: Marcia Hines

2007 - 18th Century Splendour

Charity Recipients

Charity Amount
Burn Foundation Australia $150,000
Surfaid International $20,000
RSPCA $20,000
Marymead Child & Family Centre $20,000

Host: Gerry Connolly
Entertainment by: The Enormous Horns
Special Guests: Dale Burridge & Danielle Everett

2006 - Showgirl

Charity Recipients

Charity Amount
Frontier Services $100,000
Reconciliation Australia $20,000
The Fred Hollows Foundation $20,000
The Smith Family Learning for Life Foundation $10,000

Host: Jean Kittson
Entertainment by: The John Field Band
Special Guests: Nikki Bennett & the J-Foxx Dancers

2005 - The Australian Dream

Charity Recipients

Charity Amount
The Australian Foundation for Mental Health Research $100,000
Media Team Australia $10,000
The Smith Family Learning for Life Program $10,000

Host: Effie [Mary Coustas]
Entertainment by: Tall Pop Syndrome
Special Guests: The Tap Dogs

2004 - The Opulence of the Orient

Charity Recipients

Charity Amount
Open Family Australia $100,000
Newborn Intensive Care Foundation $20,000
Lingiari Foundation $3,000

Host: Peter Berner
Entertainment by: The Canberra Mandolin Orchestra, Jelly Bean Jam
Special Guests: David Campbell

2003 - Parliamentary Circus

Charity Recipients

Charity Amount
Lifeline $70,000
The Smith Family Learning for Life Program $7,000
Lingiari Foundation $3,000
Canberra Firestorm $5,000

Host: Jean Kittson
Entertainment by: Swing In Style, Big Boss Groove
Special Guests: Bjorn Again

2002 - Year of the Outback

Charity Recipients

Charity Amount
The Smith Family Learning for Life Program $60,000
The East Timor Appeal $5,000

Host: Shaun Micallef
Entertainment by: The Stiff Gins, The Enormous Horns
Special Guests: Mental As Anything

2001 - Winter Wonderland

Charity Recipients

Charity Amount
The Cancer Council of Australia $50,000
The Smith Family $5,000

Host: Roy & HG
Entertainment by: Sweet Mischief, Sonora Latino America
Special Guests: Marcia Hines

2000 - Inaugural Cabaret

Charity Recipients

Charity Amount
The East Timor Appeal $40,000
The Smith Family $5,000

Host: Roy & HG
Entertainment by: Discotheque Spectacular
Special Guests: Frank Bennett Big Band