Company: WEBNF
Filing Date: 2025-02-21
Form Type: 6-K
Source: 0001104659-25-015861
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Company: WESTPAC BANKING CORP
Filing Date: 2025-02-21
Form: 6-K
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<div align='center'>UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE
13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

February 21, 2025

Commission File Number 1-10167

WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

(Address of principal executive office)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F x Form 40-F
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Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting
the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): __________

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the
Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ___________

Incorporation by Reference

The information contained
in this Report on Form 6-K, excluding the information set forth in Exhibit 1, shall be incorporated by reference in the prospectuses
relating to the Registrant’s securities contained in the Registrant’s Registration Statements on Form F-3 (File Nos.
333-283007 and 333-283008), as such prospectuses may be amended or supplemented from time to time.

Appointment of Chief Transformation Officer

Westpac has announced the
appointment of Peter Herbert as Chief Transformation Officer, effective Monday March 3, 2025.

This new role on the Westpac
Group Executive will report to CEO Anthony Miller with responsibility for transformation across the Group, including working across divisions
and technology on the delivery of the business-led simplification program, UNITE, as the project moves from planning to implementation.

Since November 2024,
Peter Herbert has been Acting Chief Executive, Business & Wealth. Prior to this he was Chief Operating Officer, Business &
Wealth and Chief Transformation Officer, Consumer & Business Banking.

Earlier, Peter spent almost
20 years with HSBC, including as Chief Operating Officer, Retail Banking and Wealth Management, Asia Pacific.

Peter will take on his new
role while continuing to act as Chief Executive, Business & Wealth until Paul Fowler joins in May 2025.

Index to Exhibits

| Exhibit 
 No.     |     | Description                                 |
| 1