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Proof: Watch: Labour promises to reinstate pay equity, but only costs one settlement in plan

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7c0b9f44268aeb35160d506100a4b716fcc3447d9b3e9a82d6444c0893247f89

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969787, mined 2026-10-04 02:17 UTC.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-7c0b9f44268a.json prints 7c0b9f44268aeb35160d506100a4b716fcc3447d9b3e9a82d6444c0893247f89. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-7c0b9f44268a.json and headline-7c0b9f44268a.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-7c0b9f44268a.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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