As part of the celebrations of 50 years of Papua New Guinea\u2019s independence, Australia will support the construction of a new ministerial wing for Papua New Guinea\u2019s National Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This gift recognises our common understanding of the democratic principles that underpin the modern Australia-PNG relationship, and the role of our parliaments in reflecting the voices of our people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The concept of yumi stap wantaim<\/em> \u2014 side-by-side, step-by-step \u2014 will be incorporated into the design and delivery of the new ministerial wing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Construction will follow a Papua New Guinea-led design and consultation process, and draw on local craftsmanship and expertise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In January 2023, Prime Minister Albanese became the first foreign leader to address the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Just over a year later, in February 2024, Prime Minister Marape was the first Pacific leader to address both Members and Senators in the Parliament of Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This mutual recognition reflects the shared democratic values and warm friendship between Australia and Papua New Guinea, which continues to grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur support for the expansion of Parliament House is an investment in Papua New Guinea\u2019s democracy and sovereignty that will benefit future generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAt a ceremony held in Port Moresby on the day of independence in 1975, Australia\u2019s then-Prime Minister Gough Whitlam observed ours is \u2018a relationship of equals, based on mutual respect, understanding and trust\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs close neighbours and warm friends, the future prosperity of our two nations are bound together.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As part of the celebrations of 50 years of Papua New Guinea\u2019s independence, Australia will support the construction of a new ministerial wing for Papua New Guinea\u2019s National Parliament. This gift recognises our common understanding of the democratic principles that underpin the modern Australia-PNG relationship, and the role of our parliaments in reflecting the voices … Continue reading “Celebrating 50 years of Papua New Guinea independence and democracy”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34938"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34939,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34938\/revisions\/34939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Prime Minister Albanese<\/h2>\n\n\n\n