Parliament House, Canberra
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Parliament House is the meeting place of the Parliament of Australia, the legislative branch of Australia's federal tier of government. The building also houses the core of the executive (the Australian Government), containing the cabinet room and offices of the prime minister and other federal ministers. Located in Canberra, Parliament House is situated at the southern apex of the National Triangle atop and beneath Capital Hill at the intersection of Commonwealth, Adelaide, Canberra and Kings Avenues, and enclosed by the State Circle. Parliament House was designed by Mitchell/Giurgola & Thorp Architects and constructed by a joint venture comprising Concrete Constructions and John Holland. The building replaced Old Parliament House, where the Federal Parliament sat from 1927 until 1988, when members and their staff moved "up the hill" to the so-named New Parliament House. The current Parliament House was officially opened on 9 May 1988 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia. It cost more than $1.1 billion (equivalent to about $2.6 billion in 2022) to build.
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