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Joanna Wietrzyk, 22, went viral after gruesome footage showed her competing in and winning the elite fitness event as faecal matter covered her legs and arms.
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Katherine Kraayvanger

HYROX poo athlete has last laugh after defecation incident

An Aussie athlete who defecated and continued to complete an elite HYROX competition has had the last laugh after taking home at a whopping prize for winning the Beijing event.

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NSW

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A toddler has died after being struck by a car in Auburn.

Toddler killed after being hit by car in driveway

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Brock Hampshire was last seen on Saturday at St Marys.

Urgent search for 9yo Aussie boy who vanished on Saturday

Australia
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Police have launched another appeal.

Family’s heartbreaking plea on grim anniversary of triple murder

Australia
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The queer community says it has been targeted in another police raid on Sydney's Oxford St strip. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

More police raids at LGBTQI nightlife hub spark outcry

Australia
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Victoria

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The Australian Federal Police badge (2014).

Flight attendant accused of $500k heroin plot

Police
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A picture provided by the family of 15-year-old Thom Hosking who was killed in a crash in Bendigo. Vic Pol

Truckie charged after teen’s death

Australia
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A man was shot in what police believe could be the latest in a spate of organised crime attacks. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

Man allegedly steals car with baby inside

Victoria
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The businesses of Melbourne chef Sutinee “Tinee” Suntivatana have been broken into seven times in recent years.

Top Melbourne chef reveals brutal toll of Vic crime crisis

Victoria
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Queensland

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The child was last seen at 3pm on Monday.

Grave fears for missing 11yo girl as search continues

Australia
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A tourist who fell to her death from the cliffs above Kelingking Beach in Nusa Penida has been identified as a young Queensland woman.

Desperate final moments before Aussie’s cliffside death

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Steve"Golly"Gollschewskiis being remembered as a calm presence who led through tough times. (Jason O'BRIEN/AAP PHOTOS)

‘We love him’: Emotional service held for former top cop

Australia
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The early morning blaze tore through the Great Northern Hotel in Townsville.
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Iconic Aussie pub destroyed in blaze as locals ordered away

Queensland
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South Australia

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Workers have been told the Whyalla steelworks' blast furnace won't be restarted. (Isabella Ward/AAP PHOTOS)

SA Premier says Whyalla job losses are a matter of 'timing'

Australia
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The cause of the whale’s death is unknown. Facebook/Anthony Rowland

Dead whale fuels bird flu panic on popular Aussie beach

Australia
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A 73-year-old man will face court accused of alleged child sex offences at a youth detention centre.

Man facing youth centre child abuse charges over 25yr period

Australia
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Jacinta Ann Drust, of Adelaide, is facing a charge each of murder and unlawful killing relating to the death of her former partner Antonio Cavaiuolo in March 2023.

Woman denies pressuring boyfriend into ending his own life

South Australia
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Western Australia

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A crocodile in the Perth Zoo enclsoure.

Boys arrested over shock croc attack at popular Aussie zoo

Western Australia
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A quiet change has been made involving Sydney Swans star Isaac Heeney as fallout surrounding the AFL superstar grows.

Fresh update in Swans hotel scandal as Heeney item pulled

AFL
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A man has been rushed to hospital after a shark attack at a beach north of Geraldton.

Horror scenes as man attacked by shark

Australia
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Woolworths staff arrive en masse to check out the Fruit and Veg section of Taylor Road IGA in Nedlands

WATCH: Woolies staff storm IGA in bizarre act caught on CCTV

Western Australia
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ACT

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A guest at the Ibis Budget Canberra was charged $1800 when shower steam set off the smoke detector.

Budget hotel ‘blindsides’ guest with $1800 charge after hot shower

ACT
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Liu Jinsong, right, China’s new ambassador in Canberra, with Masaaki Kanai head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry’s Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau.

‘Asia enforcer’: China’s new ambassador lands in Canberra

Politics
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ACT Liberal Party leader Mark Parton and, inset, the photo he took in the committee room.

‘Wanna swap’: Libs leader responds to sex worker text claim

Politics
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A Canberra man has become $40m richer after finding the winning Powerball ticket in his wallet.

Man’s shock find makes him $40 million richer

Australia
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Tasmania

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Three families grieving after devastating deadly head-on crash on Bass Highway, Tasmania

Three families grieving after devastating deadly head-on crash

Australia
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Three dead, two critically injured after horror crash at Elizabeth Town, Tasmania 

Three dead, two critically injured after horror crash

Australia
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Australia is in for a tough bushfire season, as a combination of below-average winter rainfall and above-average fuel loads mark the first day of spring on Tuesday.

The big spring weather warning for Aussies

Australia
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Belgian tourist Celine Cremer went missing during a hike in north-west Tasmania.

Probe finds ‘overlapping errors’ lead to death of backpacker

Australia
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Northern Territory

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Outback Wrangler star Matt Wright, wife Kaia and Top End Safari Camp are now facing litigation over a 2023 airboat crash in three jurisdictions.
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‘Beyond me’: Judge questions Matt Wright boat crash lawsuits

Australia
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A teenager has been speared during a disturbance between family groups in a remote township

Teenage boy flown to hospital after being speared in back

Northern Territory
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The body of 61-year-old Dominic O'Connell has been found in plunge pool in the NT.
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Devastating update on man missing in national park

Northern Territory
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Australia is in for a tough bushfire season, as a combination of below-average winter rainfall and above-average fuel loads mark the first day of spring on Tuesday.

The big spring weather warning for Aussies

Australia
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