century In March 1939, the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly George Pollock committed suicide at his office in Parliament House by shooting himself with a shotgun. Led by George Gray, in August 1939 members of the League for Social Justice marched on Parliament House to protest unemployment, "armed with batons, coils of barbed wire and hammers". They interrupted a meeting of the ALP caucus in the old Legislative Council chambers. Gray and 36 others were charged with unlawful assembly, but were acquitted by a sympathetic jury. In 1969 the Government began to investigate the feasibility and cost of an extension to Parliament House. Three years later the State Works Department and Parliamentary Buildings Committee began planning the building, and designed a brutalist extension called the Parliamentary Annexe. Tenders for the Annexe were called in August 1975, and construction began soon after. The Annexe was completed in March 1979 at a cost of $20,000,000. The building is linked to Parliament House, forming a square like the one in Tiffin's original 1864 plan. The square has become known as Speaker's Green and is used for ceremonial purposes. The Annexe was refurbished in 2000. Design The George Street face of Parliament House has a porte-cochère, with a balustraded terrace above. The original zinc roof was replaced in the 1980s with one constructed from Mount Isa copper. Public use Art exhibitions and other displays are frequently staged in the spacious ground floor areas of the Annexe. Free public guided tours of the Parliament are available each week day. Also, a gift shop, selling souvenirs and memorabilia, is located in the main foyer. Parliament House was also used as one of the filming locations for the 1980s Australian series of Mission: Impossible. Parliament House was used as a filming location for the 2022 TV series 'Joe vs Carole'. See also Government of Queensland History of Queensland References External links Parliament of Queensland website Parliament House Discover Queensland Buildings website Parliament of Queensland Tourist attractions in Brisbane Buildings and structures in Brisbane Legislative buildings in Australia Second Empire architecture in Australia Government buildings completed in 1867 Landmarks in Brisbane 1867 establishments in Australia Charles Tiffin buildings Heritage of Brisbane Government buildings in Queensland Alice Street, Brisbane George Street, Brisbane Queensland Heritage Register