Australian but connecting with USA most games

Hey all
So I’ve been monitoring who match making is putting me with when i play matchmaking and what i’m finding is that around 83% of the time im playing with people on the other side of the world.

basically my question is, is there any way to improve my odds of playing with more local people because at the moment there is noticeable latency when playing people overseas.

also ill add a poll to see if many people are having this problem

There might be info in the thread titled -
How Matchmaking Works - A Basic Overview

same problem. Why the hell did they get rid of search filter from Reach? I loved that idea.