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December 2002

• Westpac's Tier 1 Hybrid Capital transaction successful (19 December 2002)
• Disaster relief for Sydney fire victims (5 December 2002)

• Westpac launches regional report: confidence down but not out in the bush (28 November 2002)
• Westpac launches hybrid capital transaction (13 November 2002)
• Westpac puts customers number one (8 November 2002)

• Westpac reshapes for growth (31 October 2002)
• Westpac management changes (10 October 2002)
• Drought relief arrangements for affected Victorian farmers (3 October 2002)
• Westpac increases call centre jobs (2 October 2002)

• Westpac outsources cards processing (30 September)
• Westpac announces accounting initiatives (26 September 2002)
• Westpac delivers the news on home loans via the net in under an hour (26 September 2002)
• Westpac tops global sustainability index (6 September 2002)
• Westpac's Altitude program partners with Malaysia Airlines (4 September 2002)
• Why saving money is unpopular (3 September 2002)
• Westpac signs up for 30 new childcare centres nationally (2 September 2002)

• Westpac joins wealth management major league with BT Financial Group acquisition (26 August 2002)
• Westpac's wealth management strategy (22 August 2002)
• Westpac expands alternative investment capability with acquisition of Hastings Funds Management (19 August 2002)
• Westpac drops fixed rates up to 30bp (19 August 2002)
• Westpac's change of incorporation (12 August 2002)
• Westpac's Altitude program partners with Virgin Blue (8 August 2002)
• National Agribusiness Council gets down to business in Toowoomba (7 August 2002)

• Sagitta- the new force in Wealth Management (23 July 2002)
• Westpac announces drought relief arrangements for affected farmers (22 July 2002)
• Westpac enhances the transparency of its business practices (18 July 2002)

• Westpac exposure to WorldCom (26 June 2002)
• Westpac announces initiatives to support women (11 June 2002)
• Westpac adjusts interest rates (5 June 2002)
• Bite size. A take away slice of the fast food market (5 June 2002)
• Westpac completes Rothschild Australia Asset Management transaction (3 June 2002)
• Westpac warning on counterfeit bank cheques (2 June 2002)

• Westpac completes sale of AGC to GE Capital (31 May 2002)
• Gifting may not be the best strategy (30 May 2002)
• 50 useful questions you can ask a financial adviser (23 May 2002)
• Westpac announces 350 new jobs for SA (13 May 2002)
• Westpac welcomes ACCC decision (8 May 2002)
• Westpac adjusts interest rates (8 May 2002)
• Westpac board appointment (3 May 2002)
• Westpac delivers solid earnings momentum (2 May 2002)
• Westpac reaches agreement with GE Capital on the sale of AGC (2 May 2002)

• Management changes (29 April 2002)
• Westpac and Rothschild's springboard for funds management growth (23 April 2002)

• Westpac expands energy trading team (22 March 2002)
• Westpac installs talking ATMs (20 March 2002)
• Westpac asks the Reserve Bank 10 questions (17 March 2002)
• New Westpac ads "un-bank-like" (15 March 2002)
• Westpac finalises Enterprise Development Agreement (14 March 2002)
• Paid maternity, Westpac says get with the program (8 March 2002)
• Women still retire with less according to Westpac (7 March 2002)

• Disaster relief for storm (18 February 2002)
• Aussie school students make their way to the Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah (14 February 2002)
• Westpac Winter Olympics mini-site gathers speed (13 February 2002)
• Swimmers, rowers and sprinters try out winter sports in Westpac's latest TV campaign (8 February 2002)

• Westpac clarifies customer information issue (31 January 2002)
• Australian SMEs to have access to private equity powerhouse (31 January 2002)
• Disaster relief for storm (17 January 2002)
• Westpac Group Executive Appointment (02 January 2002)