Sovereignty in Australia refers to the rights claimed by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples over parts or all of Australia. The concept of sovereignty is linked to land, law, and people for Aboriginal people. The British settlers assumed sovereignty over Australia, but the understanding of Indigenous sovereignty was not extinguished by conquest, discovery, domination, force, or acquiescence. With native title recognized by the High Court of Australia in 1992, the issue of all other Aboriginal laws, and the idea of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sovereignty, has become a live issue. The Australian state has consistently failed to understand and accept the right of its Indigenous peoples to be granted the fullest rights of self-determination. There have been moves towards constitutional changes both to recognize prior occupation and ownership (and thus sovereignty), and an Indigenous voice to parliament enshrined in the Constitution. A treaty between the Australian government and the countrys First Peoples would at a minimum recognize symbolically Indigenous sovereignty through recognizing them as independent actors not totally represented currently by the State of Australia. The moral legitimacy of Australia as a modern state will remain at issue while an honorable place for Indigenous Australians in the formal Constitution of the nation remains unresolved. Although the case for Indigenous sovereignty seems irrefutable, the reality is much more complicated. The Commonwealth of Australia is paramount, and even when entering treaties with the Commonwealth, and states and territories, those agreements remain susceptible to the Australian Constitution and the Commonwealth of Australia. True sovereignty also means that you have full ownership of your issues.