cudeco shareholder research, page-104

Here's a blog on manipulation grand style:

Still unclear on what drove the policy vehicle known as the stock market straight up, which for some reason speculators still participate in despite relentless warnings that it is broken, manipulated, etc, for nine consecutive days, following the release of the FT rumor of a bank recapitalization on October 4, since refuted? Simple: look at the chart below. The Green is the Russell 3000, while the Red is the Goldman "highest short interest index." Beginning with September 4, and continuing through today, every time the market appeared poised to drop, market makers would mysteriously squeeze shorts, with the Red line consistently leading the overall market (Green). Said otherwise: shorts panic -> weak hands cover -> market follows. Naturally, for this to work, volume has to be well below average, which was indeed the case - the volume has been abysmally low for the duration of the entire melt up which means the second there are no incremental weak hands to short, and the movement flips, most likely on the fully priced in deus ex bail out of Europe which will not happen next week or ever, massive volume will return, and the market will do what it always does in such situations: soar inversely. Until then, and as always, it is best to play in other, less manipulated venues - buy some CDS, arbitrage some shiny rocks, blow some money on Blackjack, just stay away from the frontrunning algos whose only purpose is to sniff out weak shorts and sell stops. There is no market: we would say it is a casino, if only it was even 10% as fun.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/charting-nine-days-short-squeezes-and-vapor-volume

Now, ask yourself, even if you understand it, would your local member? The answer is "No". So, would he understand, or know what to do with, several screens of trading data with no clear allegation of what was being achieved? With one or two exceptions like Barnaby Joyce they wouldn't have the remotest idea what was being discussed. Other questions the member would ask him/herself to which the answers are also "No" are:

Is Cloncurry in my constituency?
Are there any votes in this for me?
Does anybody else care about this apart from a small group of wannabee millionaires? (the answer to this might not be "No", but in the pollies eyes, especially as he hasn't the remotest idea what is going on, it is "No").
If I ask legal counsel if this is illegal, what will they say?

If you really want to get some change, I think that joining the protests in Pitt Street have a greater chance of success than blanket bombing parliamentarians and bureaucrats with a million numbers.