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Proof: Labor defends economic record following interest rate hike

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{"first_seen":"2026-09-29T19:52:47Z","headline":"Labor defends economic record following interest rate hike","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"abcau","url":"https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-30/labor-defends-spending-amid-high-inflation-rate-rise/107208962","v":1}

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9533854db3edca4d5b6869013f91c2d332b0e0e39ea15663142e38e35a2a6fbc

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Submitted to the OpenTimestamps calendars 2026-09-29 19:57 UTC; waiting for a Bitcoin block (usually a few hours).

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• The story pageCaptured 2026-09-29 18:55 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-9533854db3ed.json prints 9533854db3edca4d5b6869013f91c2d332b0e0e39ea15663142e38e35a2a6fbc. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-9533854db3ed.json and headline-9533854db3ed.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-9533854db3ed.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

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