Costs in Fair Work proceedings are awarded on the basis of withdrawn contentions only where the applicant demonstrates more than late timing by addressing the quality of the contentions and the circumstances of withdrawal; rejection of a reasonable offer is not automatically unreasonable where the rejecting party had arguable grounds for a more favourable result.
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