An offer to resolve the defamation proceedings between Mark McGowan and Clive Palmer last year was rejected by the billionaire, a court has been told.
Federal Court Justice Michael Lee is set to determine costs arising from the trial after finding Palmer and the West Australian premier had defamed each other.
Judgment will be delivered later on Thursday after both parties argued they should largely bear their own costs.
Justice Lee last week found neither man had valid defences for a series of defamatory public statements in 2020 when they feuded over Western Australia’s COVID-19 response and a damages claim involving one of Palmer’s mining projects….