Department of Supply and Development (1948–50)

Scope

• 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

Abolition