Genuine question here:I have been watching the US speculation on...

Genuine question here:

I have been watching the US speculation on shorting around the time of the Trump shooting. Without getting into the speculation there, I noticed that there is an amazing level of transparency about individual short positions and the identities of position holders.

Is it possible that our Australian regulators, bowing again to the big end of town (as with high volume trading), have allowed shorting but without best practice disclosures?

It seems particularly bizarre to me that a takeover bidder may have influenced share prices prior to a bid, but this maybe might not be disclosable (might be wrong there).

And If as I have speculated before, shorting is being conducted on behalf of international strategic or even State actors, surely that is something we Australian minnows deserve to know.