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Proof: Questions mount for premier over bikie-founded firm supplying equipment to Big Build

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-09T00:41:10Z","headline":"Questions mount for premier over bikie-founded firm supplying equipment to Big Build","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"theage","url":"https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/accused-cocaine-trafficker-who-shot-a-man-was-providing-heavy-machines-to-big-build-20261009-p61384.html","v":1}

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f429a83b664a128630d35d94a3d5ab233ffd9f845cc88ad57dba3f508b36eaea

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  1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-f429a83b664a.json prints f429a83b664a128630d35d94a3d5ab233ffd9f845cc88ad57dba3f508b36eaea. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
  2. Drop headline-f429a83b664a.json and headline-f429a83b664a.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-f429a83b664a.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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