Politicians, journalists and corporates have descended on the Great Hall in Parliament House for the Midwinter Ball.
Decked out in their finest for the annual fundraiser hosted by the Canberra press gallery, guests from across the political spectrum rubbed shoulders to raise funds for local charities.
Finance Minister and ACT Labor senator Katy Gallagher, who usually makes a low-key entrance, arrived in the Marble Foyer with her daughter Evie Gallagher who quickly stole the show.
Evie, 18, wore striking pale pink minidress fitted with an internal bodice, tiered skirt and asymmetric ruffle neckline, while Senator Gallagher wore a dark green knit midi dress.
Both dresses are by contemporary Australian fashion label Aje and retail for between $499 and $549, but it's understood they were purchased in a sale.
The Canberra Times understands that Evie Gallagher suggested the pair wear Aje, with Senator Gallagher happy to lend support to an Australian brand.
Aje was founded in 2008 by Venetian Art School alumnus Adrian Norris and RUSSH magazine's former stylist Edwina Forest.
It is known for an aesthetic that seeks to balance toughness with femininity with structured but flowing design elements.
The label made its Paris Fashion Week runway debut last year.
The Midwinter Ball has raised more than $5.8 million for charity since its inception in 2000, through ticket sales and a live auction that closed this evening.
Political rivalries are traditionally put aside for the event, which includes customary, self-deprecating roast speeches by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Angus Taylor - subject to Chatham House rules, meaning that media in attendance are not allowed to report on what they say.
Serial Midwinter Ball auction prize winner and corporate advisory operator John Connolly nabbed a sauna with ACT independent senator David Pocock and four guests at the territory's "[literal] hottest new venue" - a floating sauna on Lake Burley Griffin, with a bid of $3000.
Mr Connolly also placed the winning $7000 bid for dinner at the National Press Club with Seven's political editor Mark Riley, Nine's national affairs editor Andrew Probyn, Ten's political editor Ashleigh Raper and the ABC's national affairs correspondent, along with press gallery president Jane Norman.
The PR man, who last year won the chance to be Senator Pocock's plus one at a Punters Politics fundraising dinner, did not take up the prize.
He told this masthead he had not intended to win and only wanted to contribute to a good cause.
But Mr Connolly did enjoy dinner with press gallery journalists, having also won that prize.
Also up for grabs again this year were tennis with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at The Lodge, with hospitality and refreshments for four people - won by Joseph Daoud, founder of mortgage broker It's Simple Finance, with a $16,500 bid.
That's almost the amount Mr Daoud spent on 18 digital billboards in and outside the Canberra airport in May, railing against the Albanese government's capital gains tax changes with the catchline: "Stop the ambition tax."
They cost $17,500 and appeared for the duration of budget estimates, according to a report in the Australian Financial Review.
An anonymous bidder won the prize offered by Opposition Leader Angus Taylor and deputy Liberal Party leader Jane Hume, who will host six people for a meal at Mr Taylor's southern NSW home, for $5000.
Mr Taylor lives in Goulburn, which after a boundary redraw is no longer in his electorate of Hume.
The winning bidders for return Qantas flights to London or Los Angeles ($17,000) and AFL grand final tickets at the MCG ($6000) were also anonymous.
