The Sydney Morning Herald (AU) · slot 5 of the front page · first seen 2026-10-11 03:03 UTC · 14:03 in Sydney

Ben Roberts-Smith joins 600 veterans as Albanese marks Australia’s 25 years in Afghanistan

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The record

Outlet: The Sydney Morning Herald (AU) (smh)
Position: Slot 5 of the front page
First seen: 2026-10-11 03:03 UTC · 14:03 in Sydney
Last seen: 2026-10-11 03:42 UTC · 14:42 in Sydney · 4 polls · on the page for 39 min · as of now, not part of the record
Story URL: https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/ben-roberts-smith-joins-600-veterans-as-albanese-marks-australia-s-25-years-in-afghanistan-20261011-p614hr.html
SHA-256: b3709732af19d81b3c195177b1b166191f4bf10673cd2e47e1151cd93b0bcd46

The story

The other wordings of this story on The Sydney Morning Herald (AU)'s front page, as this site's poller joined them: by the same link within 72 hours, or by a rewording within 24. As of now; not part of the record.

Ben Roberts-Smith joins 600 veterans as Albanese marks Australia’s 25 years in Afghanistan the top story · 2026-10-11 01:12 UTC → 2026-10-11 03:03 UTC · on the page for 1 h 50 min
Ben Roberts-Smith joins 600 veterans as Albanese marks Australia’s 25 years in Afghanistan this headline slot 5 of the front page · 2026-10-11 03:03 UTC → 2026-10-11 03:42 UTC · on the page for 39 min

The front page

The Sydney Morning Herald (AU)’s front page, as this site’s machine pictured it from the page kept 2026-10-11 03:03 UTC · 14:03 in Sydney, with this headline (slot 5 of the front page) outlined in red — The page this site kept 2026-10-11 03:03 UTC · 14:03 in Sydney, when the poller read this headline, as this site’s own machine pictured it 2026-10-11 03:05 UTC from the live page. The red outline is this headline, slot 5 of the front page, where that machine found it.

Shown here until 2026-10-18 03:03 UTC, then taken off this site and kept by the operator. A picture removed on request is deleted at once. SHA-256 `74a8eec32d72359c2aee8fe2cd4e5cd89ee405e0fa3748642e9d40aecb6fc25f`, listed in manifest #1266 (the manifest, its receipt), timestamping in progress.

The page is The Sydney Morning Herald (AU)’s work, shown so that this record can be checked against it. To ask for it to be removed, write to hello@headlinehalflife.com.

Timestamps

Wayback Machine · this pageNot captured. The Wayback Machine takes only so many captures a day from this site, so it is asked for the top story of each front page only; this headline was slot 5 of the front page.
Wayback Machine · the story pageNot captured. The Wayback Machine takes only so many captures a day from this site, so it is asked for the top story of each front page only; this headline was slot 5 of the front page.
OpenTimestamps · BitcoinSubmitted to the OpenTimestamps calendars 2026-10-11 03:07 UTC; waiting for a Bitcoin block (usually a few hours). The proof.
This site’s copy of the front pageKept 2026-10-11 03:03 UTC, when the poller read it; SHA-256 df11a85308737d71b214a5326d80e9e3b41061dce04a061379c797ee469b30e0, listed in manifest #1265 (the manifest, its receipt), timestamping in progress. The page itself is not published.

Sealed automatically, 4 min after it was first seen.

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The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

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Download headline-b3709732af19.json

SHA-256: b3709732af19d81b3c195177b1b166191f4bf10673cd2e47e1151cd93b0bcd46

OpenTimestamps

Submitted to the OpenTimestamps calendars 2026-10-11 03:07 UTC; waiting for a Bitcoin block (usually a few hours).

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Wayback Machine

The record pageNot captured. The Wayback Machine takes only so many captures a day from this site, so it is asked for the top story of each front page only; this headline was slot 5 of the front page.
The story pageNot captured. The Wayback Machine takes only so many captures a day from this site, so it is asked for the top story of each front page only; this headline was slot 5 of the front page.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

Hash the record: sha256sum headline-b3709732af19.json prints b3709732af19d81b3c195177b1b166191f4bf10673cd2e47e1151cd93b0bcd46. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
Drop headline-b3709732af19.json and headline-b3709732af19.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-b3709732af19.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
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.
If someone shows you this front page as it was, hash it: sha256sum prints df11a85308737d71b214a5326d80e9e3b41061dce04a061379c797ee469b30e0 for the page this site kept 2026-10-11 03:03 UTC. The hash is a line of manifest #1265, and the manifest's receipt will prove when it existed once it is confirmed in Bitcoin (usually a few hours).
If someone shows you this site’s picture of that page (the Wayback Machine’s copy of this record page may hold it), hash it: sha256sum prints 74a8eec32d72359c2aee8fe2cd4e5cd89ee405e0fa3748642e9d40aecb6fc25f. That hash is a line of manifest #1266, beside the hash of the page it pictures, and the manifest’s receipt proves when it existed.