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Proof: ATO credit card ban delayed as government backs down after business backlash

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-09T01:11:32Z","headline":"ATO credit card ban delayed as government backs down after business backlash","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"abcau","url":"https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-09/credit-card-ban-ato-tax-small-business/107246990","v":1}

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5d42ec8f35bc2ee366fb12f6681b978119c7b4a1c0338dd380a507391b9bf382

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970563, mined 2026-10-09 01:27 UTC.

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  1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-5d42ec8f35bc.json prints 5d42ec8f35bc2ee366fb12f6681b978119c7b4a1c0338dd380a507391b9bf382. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
  2. Drop headline-5d42ec8f35bc.json and headline-5d42ec8f35bc.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-5d42ec8f35bc.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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