ORDERED IN TERMS OF STANDING ORDER No. 18:

At the commencement of every session, there shall be as many committees to be designated according to government portfolios as the Standing Rules and Orders Committee may deem fit.

It shall be the function of such committees to examine expenditure administration and policy of government departments and other matters falling under their jurisdictions as Parliament may, by resolution determine

The members of such committees shall be appointed by the Standing Rules and Orders Committee, from  one or both Houses of Parliament, and such appointments shall take into account the expressed interests or expertise of the Members and Senators and the political and gender composition of Parliament.

Each select committee shall be known by the portfolio determined for it by the Standing Rules and Orders Committee.