ANZ Bank has deep financial ties with a company supplying arms to governments committing human rights violations and environmental destruction by supporting the world’s largest weapons manufacturer Lockheed Martin. ANZ Bank funds and profits from Israel’s genocide and environmental destruction of Palestine.

In the last ten years, ANZ has facilitated over US $23 billion worth of bonds (borrowing money and selling the debt with interest) for Lockheed Martin. It is directly responsible for US $227 million of bonds.

ANZ Bank has direct ties to global human rights abuses and environmental destruction. ANZ’s harmful investments extend beyond weapons, as it is also Australia’s largest funder of climate-wrecking fossil fuel projects, pouring $19.8 billion into coal, oil, and gas since the Paris Agreement.

The ANZ Annual General Meeting (AGM) is a pivotal opportunity to confront the bank's executives, shareholders, and the public with the devastating consequences of these decisions and hold ANZ accountable for its role in funding violence and environmental destruction in Occupied Palestine.

Organising group Climate Activists for Palestine and Friends of the Earth Melbourne have called a rally outside the ANZ AGM this December.

But first -- it's time get creative. Join us for a banner painting and prop making session in the leadup to the ANZ AGM!

The ANZ Annual General Meeting (AGM) is a pivotal opportunity to confront the bank's executives, shareholders, and the public with the devastating consequences of these decisions.

This action will amplify the voices of affected communities, hold ANZ accountable for its role in funding violence and environmental destruction, and demand it immediately cut financial ties with Lockheed Martin and other weapons manufacturers.

You can also find a link to the peaceful protest outside the ANZ AGM on December 19 here.