interesting move indeed....last available short sell report 29/9 from asic site says 678,022 reported net shorts so not a squeeze unless something dramatic happened between then and now as far as shorts go
http://www.asic.gov.au/shortsell/shortsellreports.nsf/vwPublishedReportsAndPlaceHoldersByKey/PDF~DAILY~20110929/$file/Daily+Short+Positions_en-au.pdf?OpenElement&uniqueValue=8MC4YF