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Proof: Big Build hit by fake qualifications racket as regulators face questions

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-04T19:50:17Z","headline":"Big Build hit by fake qualifications racket as regulators face questions","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"theage","url":"https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/fake-construction-training-certificates-sold-in-car-parks-raise-safety-fears-20261005-p612od.html","v":1}

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SHA-256

9f1f3f60101fba349ef32c79b3c87e1eb9ce9bf38eac9c05e6857bf56117daa1

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969895, mined 2026-10-04 20:13 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-04 19:52 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageThe Wayback Machine could not capture the story page: error:no-request.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-9f1f3f60101f.json prints 9f1f3f60101fba349ef32c79b3c87e1eb9ce9bf38eac9c05e6857bf56117daa1. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-9f1f3f60101f.json and headline-9f1f3f60101f.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-9f1f3f60101f.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.

Sealed automatically, 2 min after it was first seen.