List of legislative buildings
National -- Oceania
Table:
Country
Image
Building
Built
Notes

Australia

Parliament House

1988

Parliament of Australia (Senate and House of Representatives)

Fiji

Government Buildings

late 1930s

Not used between 1987 and 2015

Kiribati

House of Assembly

2000

Nauru

Parliament Building

New Zealand

Parliament Buildings

1995

Parliament of New Zealand (House of Representatives)

Palau

Olbiil Era Kelulau Capitol Building

2006

Part of the National Capital Complex, which also includes the Executive and Judiciary Buildings

Papua New Guinea

File:Port Moresby parliament building front, by Steve Shattuck.jpg

Papua New Guinean Parliament building

1984

Port Moresby

Vanuatu

Parliament Building

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Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia , is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent , the island of Tasmania , and numerous smaller islands . It is the largest country in Oceania and the world 's sixth-largest country by total area . The population of 26 million is highly urbanised and heavily concentrated on the eastern seaboard . Australia 's capital is Canberra , and its largest city is Sydney . The country 's other major metropolitan areas are Melbourne , Brisbane , Perth , and Adelaide . Indigenous Australians inhabited the continent for about 65,000 years prior to the first arrival of Dutch explorers in the early 17th century , who named it New Holland . In 1770 , Australia 's eastern half was claimed by Great Britain and initially settled through penal transportation to the colony of New South Wales from 26 January 1788 , a date which became Australia 's national day . The population grew steadily in subsequent decades , and by the time of an 1850s gold rush , most of the continent had been explored and an additional five self-governing crown colonies established . On 1 January 1901 , the six colonies federated , forming the Commonwealth of Australia . Australia has since maintained a stable liberal democratic political system that functions as a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy , comprising six states and ten territories . Australia is the oldest , flattest , and driest inhabited continent , with the least fertile soils . It has a landmass of 7,617,930 square kilometres ( 2,941,300 sq mi ) .
Parliament House is the meeting place of the Parliament of Australia , located in Canberra , the capital of Australia . The building was designed by Mitchell/Giurgola & Thorp Architects and built by a Concrete Constructions and John Holland joint venture . It was opened on 9 May 1988 by Elizabeth II , Queen of Australia . It cost more than A $ 1.1 billion to build . Federal Parliament meetings were held in Melbourne until 1927 . Between 1927 and 1988 , the Parliament of Australia met in the Provisional Parliament House , which is now known as Old Parliament House . Construction of Australia 's permanent Parliament House was delayed while its location was debated . Construction of the new building began in 1981 . The principal design of the structure is based on the shape of two boomerangs and is topped by an 81-metre ( 266 ft ) flagpole . Parliament House contains 4,700 rooms , and many areas are open to the public . The main foyer contains a marble staircase and leads to the Great Hall , which has a large tapestry on display . The House of Representatives chamber is decorated green , while the Senate chamber has a red colour scheme .
The Parliament of Australia ( officially the Federal Parliament , also called the Commonwealth Parliament ) is the legislative branch of the government of Australia . It consists of three elements : the Crown ( represented by the Governor-General ) , the Senate and the House of Representatives . The combination of two elected chambers , in which the members of the Senate represent the states and territories while the members of the House represent electoral divisions according to population , is modelled on the United States Congress . Through both chambers , however , there is a fused executive , drawn from the Westminster system . The upper house , the Senate , consists of 76 members : twelve for each state , and two each for the territories , Northern Territory ( including Christmas Island and the Cocos ( Keeling ) Islands ) and the Australian Capital Territory ( including Norfolk Island and the Jervis Bay Territory ) . Senators are elected using the single transferable vote proportional representation system and as a result , the chamber features a multitude of parties vying for power . The governing party or coalition has not held a majority in the Senate since 1981 ( except between 2005 and 2007 ) and usually needs to negotiate with other parties and Independents to get legislation passed . The lower house , the House of Representatives , currently consists of 151 members , each elected using full-preference instant-runoff voting from single-member constituencies known as electoral divisions ( and commonly referred to as electorates or seats ) . This tends to lead to the chamber being dominated by two major political groups , the centre-right Coalition ( consisting of the Liberal and National Parties ) and the centre-left Labor Party . The government of the day must achieve the confidence of this House in order to gain and remain in power . The House of Representatives has a maximum term of three years , although it can be dissolved early . The Senate has fixed terms , with 36 Senators ' terms expiring every three years ( the terms of the four territory Senators are linked to House elections ) .
The Senate is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia , the lower house being the House of Representatives . The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Chapter I of the Constitution of Australia . There are a total of 76 Senators : 12 are elected from each of the six Australian states regardless of population and 2 from each of the two autonomous internal Australian territories ( the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory ) . Senators are popularly elected under the single transferable vote system of proportional representation . Unlike upper houses in other Westminster-style parliamentary systems , the Senate is vested with significant powers , including the capacity to reject all bills , including budget and appropriation bills , initiated by the government in the House of Representatives , making it a distinctive hybrid of British Westminster bicameralism and United States-style bicameralism . As a result of proportional representation , the chamber features a multitude of parties vying for power . The governing party or coalition , which has to maintain the confidence of the lower house , has not held a majority in the Senate since 2005-2007 ( and before that since 1981 ) and usually needs to negotiate with other parties and independents to get legislation passed .
The House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia , the upper house being the Senate . Its composition and powers are established in Chapter I of the Constitution of Australia . The term of members of the House of Representatives is a maximum of three years from the date of the first sitting of the House , but on only one occasion since Federation has the maximum term been reached . The House is almost always dissolved earlier , usually alone but sometimes in a double dissolution of both Houses . Elections for members of the House of Representatives are often held in conjunction with those for the Senate . A member of the House may be referred to as a Member of Parliament ( MP or Member ) , while a member of the Senate is usually referred to as a Senator . The government of the day and by extension the Prime Minister must achieve and maintain the confidence of this House in order to gain and remain in power . The House of Representatives currently consists of 151 members , elected by and representing single member districts known as electoral divisions ( commonly referred to as electorates or seats ) . The number of members is not fixed but can vary with boundary changes resulting from electoral redistributions , which are required on a regular basis . The most recent overall increase in the size of the House , which came into effect at the 1984 election , increased the number of members from 125 to 148 . It reduced to 147 at the 1993 election , returned to 148 at the 1996 election , has been 150 since the 2001 election , and has increased to 151 at the 2019 Australian federal election . Each division elects one member using full-preference Instant-runoff voting .
Fiji ( /ˈfiːdʒi/ ( listen ) FEE-jee ; Fijian : Viti [ ˈβitʃi ] ; Fiji Hindi : फ़िजी , Fijī ) , officially the Republic of Fiji ( Fijian : Matanitu Tugalala o Viti ; Fiji Hindi : फ़िजी गणराज्य , Fijī Gaṇarājya ) , is an island country in Melanesia , part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean about 1,100 nautical miles ( 2,000 km ; 1,300 mi ) northeast of New Zealand 's North Island . Its closest neighbours are Vanuatu to the west , New Caledonia to the southwest , New Zealand 's Kermadec Islands to the southeast , Tonga to the east , the Samoas and France 's Wallis and Futuna to the northeast , and Tuvalu to the north . Fiji consists of an archipelago of more than 330 islands - of which 110 are permanently inhabited - and more than 500 islets , amounting to a total land area of about 18,300 square kilometres ( 7,100 sq mi ) . The most outlying island is Ono-i-Lau . The two major islands , Viti Levu and Vanua Levu , account for 87% of the total population of 883,483 . The capital , Suva , on Viti Levu , serves as the country 's principal cruise-ship port . [ failed verification ] About three-quarters of Fijians live on Viti Levu 's coasts , either in Suva or in smaller urban centres such as Nadi - where tourism is the major local industry - or Lautoka , where the sugar-cane industry is paramount . Due to its terrain , the interior of Viti Levu is sparsely inhabited . The majority of Fiji 's islands formed through volcanic activity starting around 150 million years ago . Some geothermal activity still occurs today , on the islands of Vanua Levu and Taveuni . The geothermal systems on Viti Levu are non-volcanic in origin , with low-temperature ( c. 35-60 degrees Celsius ) surface discharges . Sabeto Hot Springs near Nadi is a good example .
The Government Buildings in Suva are the offices of the executive wing of Government of Fiji . Built in the late 1930s as the seat of the colonial administration , the Art Deco buildings today house the Prime Minister of Fiji 's offices , the High Court , and several government ministries . It is also the seat of the Parliament of Fiji since 2014 , having previously been the seat of Fiji 's parliament from independence in 1970 until the 1987 coups .
Kiribati ( /ˌkɪrɪˈbæs , -ˈbɑːti/ ) , officially the Republic of Kiribati ( Gilbertese : Ribaberiki Kiribati ) , is a country in the central Pacific Ocean . The permanent population is just over 110,000 ( 2015 ) , more than half of whom live on Tarawa atoll . The state comprises 32 atolls and one raised coral island , Banaba . They have a total land area of 800 square kilometres ( 310 sq mi ) and are dispersed over 3.5 million square kilometres ( 1.3 million square miles ) . In terms with its Exclusive Economic Zone in the Pacific , it straddles all three primary geographic regions ; Banaba ( Melanesian-Micronesian Border ) , the Gilbert Islands ( Micronesia ) and the Line and Phoenix Islands ( Polynesia ) . Their spread straddles the equator and the 180th meridian , although the International Date Line goes round Kiribati and swings far to the east , almost reaching the 150°W meridian . This brings the Line Islands into the same day as the Kiribati Islands . Kiribati 's easternmost islands , the southern Line Islands , south of Hawaii , have the most advanced time on Earth : UTC+14 hours . Kiribati is the only country in the world to be situated in all four hemispheres . Kiribati gained its independence from the United Kingdom , becoming a sovereign state in 1979 . The capital , South Tarawa , now the most populated area , consists of a number of islets , connected by a series of causeways . These comprise about half the area of Tarawa Atoll .
Nauru ( /nɑːˈuːruː/ nah-OO-roo or /ˈnaʊruː/ NOW-roo ; Nauruan : Naoero ) , officially the Republic of Nauru ( Nauruan : Repubrikin Naoero ) and formerly known as Pleasant Island , is an island country in Micronesia , a subregion of Oceania , in the Central Pacific . Its nearest neighbour is Banaba Island in Kiribati , 300 km ( 190 mi ) to the east . It further lies northwest of Tuvalu , 1,300 km ( 810 mi ) northeast of the Solomon Islands , east-northeast of Papua New Guinea , southeast of the Federated States of Micronesia and south of the Marshall Islands . With only a 21 km2 ( 8.1 sq mi ) area , Nauru is the third-smallest country in the world behind Vatican City , and Monaco , making it the smallest state in the South Pacific Ocean , the smallest state outside Europe , the smallest island state , and the smallest republic . Additionally , its population of 10,670 is the world 's third smallest , after Vatican City and Tuvalu . Settled by people from Micronesia and Polynesia c. 1000 BCE , Nauru was annexed and claimed as a colony by the German Empire in the late 19th century . After World War I , Nauru became a League of Nations mandate administered by Australia , New Zealand and the United Kingdom . During World War II , Nauru was occupied by Japanese troops , and was bypassed by the Allied advance across the Pacific . After the war ended , the country entered into United Nations trusteeship . Nauru gained its independence in 1968 , and became a member of the Pacific Community ( SPC ) in 1969 . Nauru is a phosphate-rock island with rich deposits near the surface , which allowed easy strip mining operations . Its remaining phosphate resources are not economically viable for extraction .
New Zealand ( Māori : Aotearoa [ aɔˈtɛaɾɔa ] ) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean . The country has two main landmasses - the North Island ( Te Ika-a-Māui ) , and the South Island ( Te Waipounamu ) - and around 600 smaller islands . It has a total land area of 268,000 square kilometres ( 103,500 sq mi ) . New Zealand is about 2,000 kilometres ( 1,200 mi ) east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and 1,000 kilometres ( 600 mi ) south of the Pacific island areas of New Caledonia , Fiji , and Tonga . Because of its remoteness , it was one of the last lands to be settled by humans . During its long period of isolation , New Zealand developed a distinct biodiversity of animal , fungal , and plant life . The country 's varied topography and its sharp mountain peaks , such as the Southern Alps , owe much to the tectonic uplift of land and volcanic eruptions . New Zealand 's capital city is Wellington , and its most populous city is Auckland . Sometime between 1250 and 1300 , Polynesians settled in the islands and developed a distinctive Māori culture . In 1642 , Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight New Zealand . In 1840 , representatives of the United Kingdom and Māori chiefs signed the Treaty of Waitangi , which declared British sovereignty over the islands . In 1841 , New Zealand became a colony within the British Empire and in 1907 it became a dominion ; it gained full statutory independence in 1947 and the British monarch remained the head of state .
New Zealand Parliament Buildings house the New Zealand Parliament and are on a 45,000 square metre site at the northern end of Lambton Quay , Wellington . They consist of the Edwardian neoclassical-style Parliament House ( 1922 ) ; the Parliamentary Library ( 1899 ) ; the executive wing , called The Beehive ( 1977 ) ; and Bowen House , in use since 1991 . Whilst most of the individual buildings are outstanding for different reasons , the overall setting that has been achieved has little aesthetic or architectural coherence .
The New Zealand Parliament ( Māori : Pāremata Aotearoa ) is the legislature of New Zealand , consisting of the Queen of New Zealand ( Queen-in-Parliament ) and the New Zealand House of Representatives . The Queen is usually represented by her governor-general . Before 1951 , there was an upper chamber , the New Zealand Legislative Council . The New Zealand Parliament was established in 1854 and is one of the oldest continuously functioning legislatures in the world . It has met in Wellington , the capital of New Zealand , since 1865 . The House of Representatives normally consists of 120 members of Parliament ( MPs ) , though sometimes more due to overhang seats . There are 71 MPs elected directly in electorate seats and the remainder are filled by list MPs based on each party 's share of the total party vote . Māori were represented in Parliament from 1867 , and in 1893 women gained the vote . Although elections can be called early , each three years Parliament is dissolved and goes up for reelection . Parliament is closely linked to the executive . The New Zealand Government comprises a prime minister ( head of government ) and other ministers . In accordance with the principle of responsible government , these individuals are always drawn from the House of Representatives , and are held accountable to it .
The New Zealand House of Representatives is a component of the New Zealand Parliament , along with the Sovereign ( represented by the Governor-General ) . The House passes all laws , provides ministers to form a Cabinet , and supervises the work of the Government . It is also responsible for adopting the state 's budgets and approving the state 's accounts . The House of Representatives is a democratically elected body whose members are known as members of Parliament ( MPs ) . There are usually 120 members , though this number can be higher if there is an overhang . MPs are elected usually every three years in a mixed system of district voting and party list voting ; 71 MPs are elected directly in electorate seats and the remainder are filled by list MPs based on each party 's share of the party vote . A government is formed from the party or coalition with the majority of MPs . If no majority is possible then a minority government can be formed with a confidence and supply arrangement . If a government is unable to maintain the confidence of the House then an early general election can be called . The House of Representatives was created by the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 , an Act of the British Parliament , which established a bicameral legislature ; however the upper chamber , the Legislative Council , was abolished in 1950 . Parliament received full control over all New Zealand affairs in 1947 with the passage of the Statute of Westminster Adoption Act . The debating chamber of the House of Representatives is located inside Parliament House in Wellington , the capital city .
Palau ( /pəˈlaʊ/ ( listen ) , historically Belau , Palaos , or Pelew ) , officially the Republic of Palau ( Palauan : Beluu er a Belau ) , is an island country located in the western Pacific Ocean . The country contains approximately 340 islands , and together with parts of the Federated States of Micronesia , forms the western chain of the Caroline Islands . Its area is 466 square kilometers ( 180 sq mi ) . The most populous island is Koror . The capital Ngerulmud is located on the nearby island of Babeldaob , in Melekeok State . Palau shares maritime boundaries with the Philippines , Indonesia , and Micronesia . The country was originally settled approximately 3,000 years ago by migrants from Insular Southeast Asia . The islands were first explored by Europeans in the 16th century , and were made part of the Spanish East Indies in 1574 . Following Spain 's defeat in the Spanish-American War in 1898 , the islands were sold to Imperial Germany in 1899 under the terms of the German-Spanish Treaty , where they were administered as part of German New Guinea . After World War I , the islands were made a part of the Japanese-ruled South Seas Mandate by the League of Nations . During World War II , skirmishes , including the major Battle of Peleliu , were fought between American and Japanese troops as part of the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign . Along with other Pacific Islands , Palau was made a part of the United States-governed Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands in 1947 .
Papua New Guinea ( PNG ; /ˈpæp ( j ) uə . ˈɡɪni , ˈpɑː-/ , also US : /ˈpɑːpwə- , ˈpɑːpjə- , ˈpɑːpə-/ ; Tok Pisin : Papua Niugini ; Hiri Motu : Papua Niu Gini ) , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( Tok Pisin : Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini ; Hiri Motu : Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini ) , is a country in Oceania that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia , a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia . Its capital , located along its southeastern coast , is Port Moresby . The western half of New Guinea forms the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua . It is the world 's 3rd largest island country with 462,840 km2 ( 178,700 sq mi ) . At the national level , after being ruled by three external powers since 1884 , Papua New Guinea established its sovereignty in 1975 . This followed nearly 60 years of Australian administration , which started during World War I . It became an independent Commonwealth realm in 1975 with Elizabeth II as its queen . It also became a member of the Commonwealth of Nations in its own right . Papua New Guinea is one of the most culturally diverse countries in the world . It is also one of the most rural , as only eighteen per cent of its people live in urban centres . There are 851 known languages in the country , of which 11 now have no known speakers .
The National Parliament of Papua New Guinea is the unicameral national legislature in Papua New Guinea . It was created in 1964 as the House of Assembly of Papua and New Guinea but gained its current name after the nation was granted independence in 1975 . The 111 members of parliament serve five-year terms , 89 of whom are chosen from single-member open electorates , which are sometimes referred to as seats but are officially known as constituencies . The remaining 22 are chosen from single-member provincial electorates : the 20 provinces , the autonomous province of Bougainville ( North Solomons ) , and the National Capital District . Each provincial member becomes governor of their province unless they take a ministerial position , in which case the governorship passes to an open member of the province . From 1964 until 1977 an Optional Preferential Voting System was used . [ citation needed ] The first past the post system was used from 1977 until 2002 . Electoral reforms introduced by former Prime Minister Mekere Morauta introduced Limited Preferential Voting , in which voters numbered three preferred candidates . LPV was first used nationally in the 2007 election . As in other Commonwealth realms , the party or coalition with the most seats in the parliament is invited by the Governor-General to form a government , and its leader subsequently becomes Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea . The Prime Minister then appoints his cabinet from fellow parliament members . Members of parliament are seated in a similar manner to other Westminster system parliaments , but use chairs instead of benches .
Vanuatu ( English : /ˌvɑːnuˈɑːtuː/ ( listen ) VAH-noo-AH-too or /vænˈwɑːtuː/ van-WAH-too ; Bislama and French pronunciation [ vanuatu ] ) , officially the Republic of Vanuatu ( French : République de Vanuatu , Bislama : Ripablik blong Vanuatu ) , is a Pacific island country located in the South Pacific Ocean . The archipelago , which is of volcanic origin , is 1,750 kilometres ( 1,090 mi ) east of northern Australia , 540 kilometres ( 340 mi ) northeast of New Caledonia , east of New Guinea , southeast of the Solomon Islands , and west of Fiji . Vanuatu was first inhabited by Melanesian people . The first Europeans to visit the islands were a Spanish expedition led by Portuguese navigator Fernandes de Queirós , who arrived on the largest island , Espíritu Santo , in 1606 . Since the Portuguese and Spanish monarchies had been unified under the king of Spain in 1580 ( following the vacancy of the Portuguese throne , which lasted for sixty years , until 1640 , when the Portuguese monarchy was restored ) , Queirós claimed the archipelago for Spain , as part of the colonial Spanish East Indies , and named it La Austrialia del Espíritu Santo . In the 1880s , France and the United Kingdom claimed parts of the archipelago , and in 1906 , they agreed on a framework for jointly managing the archipelago as the New Hebrides through an Anglo-French condominium . An independence movement arose in the 1970s , and the Republic of Vanuatu was founded in 1980 . Since independence , the country has become a member of the United Nations , Commonwealth of Nations , Organisation internationale de la Francophonie and the Pacific Islands Forum .