$35,000 to dine with Bishop, Wolverine

Someone has paid more than $35,000 to dine with Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and the Wolverine himself Hugh Jackman in the Big Apple.

The New York dinner was the highest bid item of the parliamentary press gallery's mid-winter ball charity fundraiser which ended on Wednesday night.

Breakfast with Prime Minister Tony Abbott at Kirribilli House went for $10,707, while dinner with Opposition Leader Bill Shorten and Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen saw a winning bid of $10,750.