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Department of Supply and Development (1948–50)

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Scope
Structure
Abolition
References

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|formed = 6 April 1948^[1]
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Department of Supply and Shipping - for supply, disposal of Commonwealth property, minerals, oil prospecting

|dissolved = 16 March 1950^[1]
|superseding = Department of Fuel, Shipping and Transport - for coal production
Department of National Development (I) - for mineral resources, geology and geophysics

Department of Supply - for Australian Aluminium Production Commission

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The Department of Supply and Development was an Australian government department that existed between April 1948 and March 1950.

Scope

Information about the department's functions and/or government funding allocation could be found in the Administrative Arrangements Orders, the annual Portfolio Budget Statements and in the department's annual reports.

The department was set up by the Chifley Government to control services that were deemed essential to supporting Australia's armed forces.^[2] Its creation saw the rearrangement of the Department of Munitions and the Department of Supply and Shipping.^[3] The functions of the department included:^[1]

research, design and development in relation to war material
the provision or supply of war materiel
the manufacture or assembly of aircraft or parts thereof
arrangements for the establishment or extension of industries for purposes of defence
the acquisition, maintenance and disposal of stocks of goods in connection with defence; and
the arrangement or co-ordination of:
- surveys, of Australian industrial capacity and the preparation of plans to ensure the effective operation of industry in time of war, including plans for the decentralization of secondary industries and particularly those relating to defence; and
- the investigation and development of Australian sources of supply of goods necessary for the economic security of the Commonwealth in time of war, and, in particular, the investigation and development of additional oil and strategic mineral resources, the production of power alcohol from sugar or other vegetable crops, and the production of oil from coal or shale.

Structure

The department was a Commonwealth Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Supply and Development, initially John Armstrong (until Labor's defeat at the 1949 election) and subsequently Richard Casey.^[1]

Abolition

The department was abolished by the Menzies Government in 1950 in a reorganisation planned by Richard Casey.^[4]

References

1. ^¹²³{{citation|title=CA 54: Department of Supply and Development, Central Office [II]|url=http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CA+54|publisher=National Archives of Australia|accessdate=16 December 2013}}
2. ^{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/134318386|title=New Department Will Control Output of Arms|date=15 April 1948|page=1|newspaper=Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate}}
3. ^{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2740105|title=New Ministry of Industrial Development|newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=17 March 1948|page=2}}
4. ^{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/84377333|title=Department To Be Disbanded|date=2 January 1950|newspaper=The Daily News|location=Perth, WA|page=11}}

2 : Defunct government departments of Australia|Ministries established in 1948

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