Agency details


Agency details for: CA 1056
Agency number
CA 1056
Title
Committee of Economic Enquiry (known as the Vernon Committee)
Date range
17 Feb 1963 - by 31 Dec 1965
Series recorded by this agency
Series
Organisation controlling
  • 17 Feb 1963 - 31 Dec 1965
    CO 1, COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Location
Australian Capital Territory
Agency status
Head Office
Function
Agency note
Thehe Prime Minister announced the appointment of the Committee on 17 February 1963.  Some of the terms of reference of the Committee of Economic Enquiry were investigations of:

(a)  the trends in population, as a whole, in the workforce;

(b)  the economic availability of known physical resources; and

(c)  the growth of domestic savings and investment.

The Prime Minister stated that the Committee would comprise:

Chairman: Dr James Vernon CBE

Vice-chairman: Professor John Crawford CBE

Members: Professor P H Karmel, D G Molesworth CBE and KB Myer DSC.

The Committee held its first formal meeting on 7 March 1963.  It invited and received written submissions from Commonwealth departments and authorities.  The Committee held 29 formal meetings.
It produced a two volume report at the conclusion of its Enquiry.

Sources:

Information supplied by the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet in 1996.

Historical agency address

Prime Minister's Department, East Block, Canberra
Superior agency
  • 17 Feb 1963 - 31 Dec 1965
    CA 12, Prime Minister's Department
Persons associated with agency
  • 17 Feb 1963 - 31 Dec 1965
    CP 4, Sir John Grenfell CRAWFORD AC, CBE - Vice-Chairman
Date registered
30 Sep 1987