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Proof: Lucia saw the soldiers coming through night, she didn’t know they were there for Gina Rinehart

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8ba003eaf5ffc8f37f99a6feb16b7bed76ea1b6dbabc8070308f2c31857f3692

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  1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-8ba003eaf5ff.json prints 8ba003eaf5ffc8f37f99a6feb16b7bed76ea1b6dbabc8070308f2c31857f3692. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
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