Who is Impacted?

For over 65,000 years, Aboriginal Nations governed themselves under their own legal systems, including Featherfoot Law (Kurdaitcha Law) a sophisticated framework of justice, governance, and social order. Today, Aboriginal people remain the most over-policed, over-incarcerated, and legally oppressed population in Australia, forced under a Western justice system that was imposed upon them.

Meanwhile, Indigenous legal systems in Canada and New Zealand are recognized in governance - why is Australia still refusing?

What is at Stake?

Despite the Mabo decision overturning terra nullius in 1992, which legally recognized Aboriginal land rights, Australia continues to deny the existence and legitimacy of Aboriginal law itself. This legal suppression contributes to:

X - Mass incarceration of Aboriginal people in a system that is not built for them.

X - Ongoing criminalization of Featherfoot Law practitioners who enforce traditional justice.

X - A broken legal system that fails Aboriginal communities but punishes them disproportionately.

Australia cannot claim to support Indigenous self-determination while refusing to recognize our laws, courts, and governance systems.

Why is Now the Time to Act?

The world is watching. New Zealand has incorporated Maori law into its governance. Canada has legally recognized First Nations justice systems. Australia is behind and it’s time for that to change.

We demand that the Australian Government:

• Recognize Featherfoot Law as a legally valid justice system.

• Allow Aboriginal Nations to self-govern under their own laws.

• Protect Featherfoot Law practitioners from criminalization.

• Include Featherfoot Law in treaty negotiations.

• Establish Aboriginal-run courts where First Law is upheld.

Sign this petition now to support Aboriginal legal sovereignty!