WHAT WAS CLAIMED
Australia is giving Papua New Guinea a wing in Parliament House in Canberra.
OUR VERDICT
False. Australia is helping fund a new wing for PNG’s own parliament house.
AAP FACTCHECK - Australia has not given Papua New Guinea an entire wing of Parliament House in Canberra, despite social media claims.
Instead, Australia will help pay for a new wing in PNG's parliament in Port Moresby as a gift to celebrate its neighbour's 50th anniversary of independence.
The Facebook video features Sky News footage of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in a press conference with his PNG counterpart James Marape on September 16, 2025.
"I confirm that Australia's gift to PNG to commemorate the 50th anniversary of independence is the new wing of the parliament building," Mr Albanese says.
The caption of the Facebook video says: "Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has just revealed that Australia's 'gift' to Papua New Guinea under the newly signed treaty will be an entire wing of our Parliament House building."
"Shouldn't they have their own parliament building in their own 'democratic" country," one comment under the post reads. "Seems like they are going to be governed from afar."
Another commenter said: "So he's giving a foreign country's government a section of OUR Parliament house? WTAF?", while a third person said, "How dare he give away our heritage!!!"
The claim is false. The announcement was clearly about Australia helping to foot the bill for a new wing of PNG's parliament in Port Moresby, as reported widely by Associated Press and other media outlets.
The "gift" is not a wing of Australia's Parliament House in Canberra.
Mr Albanese also confirmed that Australia was supporting the construction of the new ministerial wing for PNG's parliament on his official website.
"There's nothing better that we could do than fund the very institutional building that will house the growth of PNG's democracy going forward," he said at the joint press conference.
Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy did not confirm the amount Australia would contribute, but said the money would come from annual development funding for PNG, Sky News reported.
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