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NewsMail Afternoon Edition Thu 02 Feb, 2012 Top Stories More Top Stories » 560 jobs to go at Westpac By Sue Lannin and staff The Finance Sector Union has confirmed that 560 jobs are set to go at Westpac Bank - 150 of those roles are going offshore. The departments affected by the job cuts are technical services, administration, legal, retail and business banking and administration. Financial institutions are cutting jobs in Australia and overseas and analysts at UBS expect some 7,000 jobs to go in Australia alone in the next two years. 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More » Court hears Assange extradition appeal Pakistani intelligence helping Taliban: NATO report Facebook to go public in billion-dollar float Former Ukraine PM abused in jail: daughter Romney: I'm not concerned about poor people Business More Business » 560 jobs to go at Westpac By Sue Lannin and staff The Finance Sector Union has confirmed that 560 jobs are set to go at Westpac Bank - 150 of those roles are going offshore. The departments affected by the job cuts are technical services, administration, legal, retail and business banking and administration. Financial institutions are cutting jobs in Australia and overseas and analysts at UBS expect some 7,000 jobs to go in Australia alone in the next two years. 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