Not that we should have to do things like this, but there are...

Not that we should have to do things like this, but there are ways to offset these behaviors of these organisations:

1. You can call your Super fund that offers you the trading platform and ask them straight out if they lend clients shares out for shorting;

and if they do:

2. List your shares for sale at a high price (i.e $6 * ) as I believe they then cannot lend these out once they are listed for sale.

*The Superannuation trading platforms allow you to load your shares for sale at much higher prices than (say) Commsec will let you - just sayin'

GLTAH