The Department of Air is a former Australian

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department. Created on 13 November 1939 following the outbreak of the

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, it assumed control of the administration and finance of the

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(RAAF) from the

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. Following the war its functions were expanded to include responsibility for air defence as well as the organisation and control of the RAAF. The department was abolished by the Second Whitlam Ministry on 30 November 1973 when the single service departments were once again amalgamated, with its role assumed by the Air Office within the Department of Defence.

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