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‘Sisyphus would be proud’: Queensland tribunal ordersrepairs to pool that doesn’t exist

Tribunal immediately stays own order for repairs after noting that they were ‘impossible’ to carry out on the non-existent pool

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Andrew Messenger4 Sept 2026, 03:00 pmUpdated 3h ago1 min readAsiaAustralia
‘Sisyphus would be proud’: Queensland tribunal orders repairs to pool that doesn’t exist

Australia — Andrew Messenger

Tribunal immediately stays own order for repairs after noting that they were ‘impossible’ to carry out on the non-existent pool

In an act it compared to the ancient Greek myth of a man forced to roll a rock up a hill forever, a Queensland tribunal has ordered a company to make repair works on a pool that no longer exists.

It then stayed its own order, because the pool no longer exists.

In an act it compared to the ancient Greek myth of a man forced to roll a rock up a hill forever, a Queensland tribunal has ordered a company to make repair works on a pool that no longer exists.

This report is published with credit to The Guardian. The wire sent a summary; open the original for any extra context. Read on The Guardian →

Source: The Guardian · Andrew Messenger. Published 4 Sept 2026, 03:00 pm.

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