Department of Supply and Shipping – for jute and flax production The Department of Commerce and Agriculture was an Australian government department that existed between December 1942 and January 1956.
Information about the department's functions and government funding allocation could be found in the Administrative Arrangements Orders, the annual Portfolio Budget Statements and in the Department's annual reports.
At the department's creation it was responsible for:[1] The Department was a Commonwealth Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture.
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