The bank has not been asked by the Adani Group or any of its associated companies to fund the mine, a spokesman said, but will not specifically rule out funding the project. Protesters outside the entrance to Westpac's VIP 200th Birthday Party in Sydney on Saturday night. Credit:Stop Adani Facebook Group "Our approach to any project that has environmental and other issues is that we review those projects against our own internal controls, which include the Equator Principles," spokesman David Lording said on Sunday. "We have not been asked to fund Adani," he said, adding the bank is not a big lender to the natural resources industry. Meanwhile Shaun Murray, who was arrested after he chained himself by the neck to Carriageworks' scaffolding, said he spend about 90 minutes sitting above the party until he was eventually pulled down by police. During that time he said he was "looking for an opportunity to talk to the attendees and the CEO about why I was there."

At one point Westpac chief executive Brian Hartzer did take the stage to tell guests Westpac has not been asked to fund the mine. But Mr Murray says it is "unconscionable" that Westpac has left open the possibility it could fund the project in future. Protesters climb scaffolding at Westpac's 200th birthday. Eventually Westpac closed down the evening's program at about 11.30pm. "I think the disruption that I caused pales in significance compared to the disruption the Adani Mine would cause to our climate, communities and the Great Barrier Reef," Mr Murray told Fairfax Media on Sunday. Protesters on the scaffolding disrupting Westpac's 200th birthday.

Protesters are threatening more disruption unless they get a specific guarantee about Adani. "Westpac is the only [bank] that has not distanced itself from the project," 350.org spokeswoman, Charlie Wood, told Fairfax Media. Her group wants a statement from Westpac that it will not fund new coal projects of thermal coal projects. Westpac chief executive Brian Hartzer. Credit:Anna Kucera "What we are looking for is a statement that the bank will not fund Adani into the future. The NAB has said they will not fund Adani, along with 13 other banks worldwide."

Ms Wood said money is one of the final hurdles Adani needs to clear before it can start building Australia's largest thermal coal mine in the Galilee basin in central Queensland. The $16.5 billion mine already has state government and environmental approval. The coal will be sent via Abbot Point to India to be burned for electricity. The countdown to Westpac's 200th anniversary on full display in the bank's Sydney headquarters. Credit:Anna Kucera Joseph Sikulu from Stop Adani Sydney said protests will continue across the country "until we get a proper answer". Activists also targeted a Westpac branch in Bendigo on Saturday and eventually entered the bank. Police were called, but the protesters dispersed voluntarily.