Its role was to plan and coordinate Australia's transition from a war economy with the goal of achieving and maintaining full employment.
[3] Historian David Lee has written that the establishment of the Department of Post-War Reconstruction formed part of the professionalism of the Australian Public Service during World War II.
[2] The department also drew up the initial plans for the demobilisation of the Australian Military after the war, and these were approved by Cabinet in June 1944.
[3] Most of the department's employees were young economists who had been conscripted into the Australian Public Service during World War II.
[2] The Department of Post-War Reconstruction was dissolved on 16 March 1950 following the election of a conservative Liberal Party government in December 1949.