[7] The Embassy has seen itself become the subject of scandal in 2018, when the ABC News investigative program Four Corners found that a former ambassador to Australia had exploited a Filipino worker,[8] and in 2020, when it had been accused on social media of calling in for questioning a certain person who had criticized President Rodrigo Duterte — a charge which it subsequently denied.

[11] Construction began in 1962, and it was opened on Philippine Independence Day, June 12, 1964, with both the chancery and the ambassadorial residence being located within the same compound.

[12] The Philippine Embassy in Canberra is headed by Ambassador Antonio A. Morales, who was appointed to the position by President Bongbong Marcos on June 25, 2024.

[14] Notable diplomats who have been deployed to the Embassy as Ambassadors to Australia include Leticia Ramos Shahani, who would later become Senator,[17] and future Foreign Affairs Secretary Delia Albert.

[19] These include organizing a lecture on the discovery of Homo luzonensis,[20] hosting the Loboc Children's Choir during its tour of Australia,[21] and facilitating cultural exchanges between the two countries.