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Proof: They built a business empire that cashes in on veterans. It's made millions

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-05T19:10:53Z","headline":"They built a business empire that cashes in on veterans. It's made millions","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"abcau","url":"https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-06/veteran-benefits-australia-business-empire-four-corners/107208188","v":1}

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98e15e54daf35e9857fe57242100dd3dd585b5241bd141d02419b057add56366

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970070, mined 2026-10-05 19:43 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-05 19:14 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-05 18:32 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-98e15e54daf3.json prints 98e15e54daf35e9857fe57242100dd3dd585b5241bd141d02419b057add56366. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-98e15e54daf3.json and headline-98e15e54daf3.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-98e15e54daf3.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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