Simon Holmes à Court

In 2022 Holmes à Court released 'The Big Teal' as part of Monash University Publishing's 'In The National Interest' series.

On the 17 May, 4 days before the 2022 election, Holmes à Court used the phrase "Angel of Death" to refer to John Howard. This was in reference to a quote by a Liberal insider from The Saturday Paper who said "I look at John Howard as the angel of death. You don’t send John Howard somewhere you don’t need him."

In May 2022 Leader of TNL Party, Victor Kline, accused Holmes à Court of bullying him into dropping out as a federal candidate for the seat of North Sydney. The following day Holmes à Court was accused again of bullying by British climate activist Zion Lights.

During the campaign for the 2022 election, Holmes à Court sued Victorian senator Jane Hume for allegedly lying about him on the radio. Holmes à Court approached Hume at a pre-poll booth asking her if she was willing to withdraw her accusations. The confrontation was filmed by Josh Frydenberg on his phone and was posted to Twitter. Another version of the exchange was later released showing Hume calling Holmes à Court an "arsehole". Hume and Holmes à Court clashed again on the Channel 9 coverage of election night.

In the lead up to 2022 election, Holmes à Court began to get more press coverage, which helped to raise the profile of Climate 200. On Thursday 14 October 2021 Holmes à Court appeared on Q+A alongside Liberal MP Tim Wilson, Labor MP Chris Bowen, Amelia Telford (Director of SEED Indigenous Youth Climate Network) and Anne Baker (Mayor of Issac Regional Council).

Later in 2019 Holmes à Court was kicked out of the Auburn Hotel in Hawthorn East at a "meet the candidate" event with Frydenberg before the 2019 election. Holmes à Court stated "I found myself standing on the footpath with a glass of wine,” Holmes à Court says. “The hostess said, ‘You have to leave now.’ I said, ‘Can I finish my drink?’ She said, ‘No, the Treasurer says you have to leave now.’”

In the lead up to the 2019 Australian federal election, Climate200 raised nearly half a million dollars for the campaign. It helped support the campaigns of Zali Steggall, Helen Haines and Rebekha Sharkie.

Holmes à Court was criticised in April 2019 for calling Senator Jane Hume out for "bitchiness", and in February 2022 for calling Sarah Henderson a "#Crumbmaiden".

Holmes à Court was a financial supporter and member of federal Liberal MP Josh Frydenberg's Kooyong200 fundraising arm. He was expelled by Frydenberg after he wrote an op-ed in Guardian Australia in 2018 supporting the closure of AGL's coal-fired Liddell Power Station.

After completing his degree, Holmes à Court spent five years working in Silicon Valley, including for Netscape, before returning to Australia in 2001. He then began working for the family-owned Heytesbury Pty. Ltd. attempting to improve the efficiency of their eight cattle stations in the Northern Territory. He subsequently established Observant Pty Ltd as a company to develop remote water monitoring systems and other products.

Holmes à Court married Katrina von Möller, sister of the Australian film director Karl von Möller, in 1997 at Hydra, Greece. They have four children together.

Simon Holmes à Court (born 30 May 1972) is an Australian businessman and political activist. He is the son of Australia's first billionaire Robert Holmes à Court, and convenor of Climate 200. He is also a senior advisor to the Climate and Energy College at Melbourne University, as director of the Smart Energy Council and the Australian Environmental Grant-makers Network.

Holmes à Court was born in May 1972, the son of South African-born Australian businessman Robert Holmes à Court (who became Australia's first billionaire), and businesswoman (and chairperson of Heytesbury Pty Ltd), Janet Holmes à Court.