sec.318AKWhat is the public interest

### sec.318AK What is the public interest The public interest is a consideration of each of the following— government policy; value of commodity production (including time value); employment creation; total return to the State and to Australia (including royalty and rent), assessed on both a direct and indirect basis, so that, for example, downstream value adding is included; social impacts; the overall economic benefit for the State, or a part of the State, in the short and long term. s 318AK ins 2004 No. 25 s 1020 - (a) government policy; - (b) value of commodity production (including time value); - (c) employment creation; - (d) total return to the State and to Australia (including royalty and rent), assessed on both a direct and indirect basis, so that, for example, downstream value adding is included; - (e) social impacts; - (f) the overall economic benefit for the State, or a part of the State, in the short and long term.