My two cents, page-89

Dark pool activity is common in Australia on both the ChiX and ASX. A seach of ‘dark pool’ on the ASX website will provide information. The exchange reports regularly on the proportioning of ‘lit’ and ‘dark’ trading. For example, the report for the week ending 13^th November is available HERE.

A primary provider of dark pool services in Australia is ASX Centre Point.

Where the focus is on quality
ASX Centre Point, Australia’s largest anonymous mid-point matching system, is purpose-built to deliver a superior trading outcome. Built with an in-depth understanding of today's financial markets challenges and the very specific needs of investors, it offers more of the flexibility, control and protection you need to meet your trading goals.

Deepest liquidity
Housing the deepest source of dark liquidity available on or off the Australian financial markets means ASX Centre Point delivers greater fill rates. And when orders are routed with ASX Sweep, users gain seamless interaction with ASX TradeMatch, Australia's largest source of lit liquidity.

ASX Centre Point is Australia's only dark pool matching system which can offer this true integration with the lit market. It's this access which sees around 8% of on-market trading being directed through ASX Centre Point.

The process obviously is quite open and not considered to be a form of manipulation of investor sentiment, and therefore of share prices.