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December 2004

• Westpac supports Oxfam Community Aid Abroad Earthquake Tsunami Emergency Appeal (29 December 2004)
• Westpac to locally incorporate in New Zealand (15 December 2004)
• Leading index still strong (15 December 2004)
• Disaster relief for Narrabri (10 December 2004)
• Great value banking at Westpac - two accounts for $5 (8 December 2004)
• Consumer sentiment takes a breather (8 December 2004)

• Construction confidence surges (30 November 2004)
• Westpac unveils innovative $37 million corporate internet banking system (26 November 2004)
• Westpac revs up mobile home loan service (22 November 2004)
• Surging growth in the leading index (17 November 2004)
• Westpac to open for Saturday banking this weekend (16 November 2004)
• Westpac drops interest rate for first home buyers (15 November 2004)
• Consumer sentiment hits historic decade high (10 November 2004)
• New career tool launched at Westpac (10 November 2004)
• Westpac delivers strong record result (8 November 2004)
• Capital secure with new Westpac high-return investment (1 November 2004)
• Success for Stockland's First Unlisted Property Fund offer (1 November 2004)

• HDUF successfully completes bookbuild; IPO price set at top of range (29 October 2004)
• Growth in lending index still well above trend (27 October 2004)
• Disaster relief for North Coast (21 October 2004)
• Westpac appoints Queenslander to national agribusiness role (21 October 2004)
• Consumer sentiment remains high post election (20 October 2004)
• Regional report: farmers upbeat, tractors rolling out the showroom door (18 October 2004)
• Westpac appoints Chief Risk Officer and Group Treasurer (12 October 2004)
• Westpac telecommunications to be provided directly by Telstra (8 October 2004)

• Westpac releases international investor presentation (30 September 2004)
• New Zealand structured finance transactions (30 September 2004)
• Executive changes at BT Financial Group (30 September 2004)
• Oil on the boil – Westpac Commodity Report (24 September 2004)
• Spring special: Westpac slashes 3 year fixed home loan rate (23 September 2004)
• Westpac sells assets and liabilities of Niue branch to Bank of South Pacific (21 September 2004)
• Westpac staff receive four percent pay increase (21 September 2004)
• ANU to roadshow CPI Indexed Annuity Bond issue (20 September 2004)
• Leading index points to strong growth (15 September 2004)
• Westpac study shows retail property yields at historic lows (14 September 2004)
• Stockland launches unlisted property funds business (13 September 2004)
• Westpac looking for space in suburbs (9 September 2004)
• Hastings Funds Management announces opening of global renewables UR-3R facility (9 September 2004)
• Construction costs surge beyond expectations (9 September 2004)
• Barclays Capital, Citibank, N.A. and Westpac Institutional Bank to jointly arrange and underwrite acquisition funding for preferred bidding consortium for Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas pipeline (9 September 2004)
• Consumer sentiment surges to new decade high (8 September 2004)
• Westpac to hold AGM in New Zealand (6 September 2004)
• Westpac tops global sustainability index for the third year in a row (3 September 2004)

• Leading index pointing to strong growth into 2005 (18 August 2004)
• Consumer Sentiment remains buoyant (11 August 2004)
• Westpac releases 2004 Social Impact Report 'Pressing On' ( 9 August 2004)
• Investors offered a slice of the Cooper Basin ( 9 August 2004)
• NZ structured finance transactions ( 6 August 2004)

• Westpac opens brand new childcare centre in Launceston (21 July 2004)
• Leading index growth rate edging up (21 July 2004)
• Regional economic report: dry conditions in the southeast but resources are booming (20 July 2004)
• Consumer sentiment soars to decade high (14 July 2004)

• Westpac successfully completes $558.6 million off-market buy-back (21 June 2004)
• Leading index suggests growth will trough in second half of 2004 (16 June 2004)
• Consumers heading back into the housing market (9 June 2004)

• Leading index points to a larger growth slowdown (26 May 2004)
• New banking package for charities (19 May 2004)
• Consumer sentiment flat - muted response to the Budget (19 May 2004)
• New ads show Australia's Paralympians will do anything to get to Athens! (11 May 2004)
• Westpac selects partner to upgrade EFTPoS terminal services (10 May 2004)
• Westpac posts record interim profit (6 May 2004)
• Westpac announces off market share buy back (6 May 2004)

• Regional economic report: a patchy start to the year (23 April 2004)
• Hastings announces new Managing Director (19 April 2004)
• Leading Index points to growth shutdown (14 April 2004)
• Consumer sentiment rises again (7 April 2004)

• Leading index points to strong growth (17 March 2004)
• Consumer sentiment falls (10 March 2004)
• Quantity Surveyor confidence falls – Westpac/AIQS BRIX Survey (9 March 2004)
• Westpac says sound fundamentals underpin a positive property outlook (4 March 2004)
• Westpac updates 2004 operating conditions (1 March 2004)

• Australian entrepreneurs are back (23 February 2004)
• Changes to Altitude (20 February 2004)
• Leading index growth rate back above trend (18 February 2004)
• Consumer sentiment continues to defy gravity at decade high (11 February 2004)
• New research helps Australians enjoy retirement (03 February 2004)

• Ask Once ….for Westpac (29 January 2004)
• Regional economic report: summer rain relieves regions (23 January 2004)
• Leading index growth rate falls (21 January 2004)
• Consumer sentiment bounces back to be at fresh nine year highs (14 January 2004)