Why was new Parliament House built?
The new Parliament House was built to: • provide a permanent building for the federal Parliament. From 1927 to 1988 the Parliament sat in Provisional Parliament House, Canberra. The provisional building was designed to be used for approximately 50 years, although it was used for 61 years until it became far too small to accommodate its inhabitants. • facilitate the work of the Parliament for 200 years. The current building is designed to be in use without any major alterations or extensions for approximately 200 years and is currently one of the largest buildings in the southern hemisphere.
