[3] Sir Manasupe Haus (House) is the building that hosts the Department of the Prime Minister and the National Executive Council.

Formerly known as Marea House, fondly referred to as the "Pineapple Building" due to its shape, it is named after Sir Manasupe Zurenuoc, a former Chief Secretary of PNG.

In August, following a Cabinet reshuffle which had led three ministers to join the Opposition, the latter brought a successful motion of no confidence in Abal's government.

He cited "the continuing lack of ability by the department and ministry of finance to contain expenditure overruns outside of the budget appropriations".

Police Minister Nixon Duban (MP for Madang, National Congress Party) was reshuffled to the position of Minister of Petroleum and Energy, replacing William Duma (MP for Mount Hagen, United Resources Party), who was dropped from the Cabinet; O'Neill suggested that Duma had not adhered to the principle of Cabinet solidarity.

[14] It was the first time ever that the country's Cabinet included two women: Delilah Gore, and Community Development Minister Loujaya Kouza (MP for Lae).

[16] In August 2014, Community Development Minister Loujaya Kouza resigned to serve as interim chair Lae City Commission.

Media comment on the new cabinet focused on the demotion of the previous Deputy Prime Minister Don Polye, the relatively low number of Highlands MPs in Cabinet, and the potential for conflict of interest in the appointment of Belden Namah, a forest landowner and principal of a company involved in logging in West Sepik Province, as Forestry Minister.

[24] On 14 August 2009, Don Polye was removed from his position as Member of Parliament, and Minister for Works, Transport & Civil Aviation, when the National Court determined that his victory in the 2007 general election was invalid.

Sir Mekere Morauta (PNGP) (Transport, Civil Aviation, Works) Tony Puana (NGP) (Foreign Affairs, Trade and Immigration) Sali Subam (NA) (Bougainville) Koni Iguan (PLP)