by Cheryl Lacey, DGSJ, ©2026
(Feb. 9, 2026) — There’s a troubling legal argument circulating, ‘Australia the Concealed Colony’, that challenges everything we think we know about Australian sovereignty: that despite presenting itself to the world as an independent nation, Australia is a colony under British rule.
The claim is that Australia is recognized as an independent sovereign nation state and a UN member, yet our governments remain extensions of UK governance.
Australian politicians, under this interpretation, are agents of a foreign power – Britain – not representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia’s people.
The implications are profound. If true, Australians have been denied their right to self-determination, and every government action since federation lacks legal validity.
What largely remains unknown is that Australia’s constitution was voted on by a mere 10% of the population. And amendments made to the original constitution were not voted on at all. In other words, the constitution itself may well be invalid OR it’s the very document that guaranteed our identity as a colony of the UK.
The document is some 400 pages long. However, reading the first 8 pages suffices.
And an historical timeline is provided giving context to how Australian’s have allegedly been deceived by the very people elected to represent us.
Here are some of those events…
1919: The Forgotten Transfer
When Australia signed the Treaty of Versailles and joined the League of Nations, sovereignty was supposedly transferred from the British Parliament to the Australian people. Yet this transfer was never recognised by the legal profession or Australian governments. The bureaucratic systems established in 1788 – where officials were “public masters” rather than public servants – persists today.
1945: The UN Contradiction
Australia presented itself as an independent nation to join the United Nations. At this point, Britain legally relinquished any right to sovereignty over Australia. Or so it seemed.
1998: Justice Hayne and the High Court
On December 15, 1998, Justice Hayne of the High Court made a remarkable statement: “Australia has domestic sovereignty but not international sovereignty.” In other words, we are still a colony. His job, however, was to “protect the system.”
1999: The Foreign Power Problem
The UK was declared a “foreign power” under its own legislation. This creates a constitutional crisis: Section 44 of the Commonwealth Constitution refers to “legislation of UK”—but if the UK is foreign, how can it have legislative authority?
2000: Bill of Rights
The Federal Court ruled that Magna Carta and the 1688 Bill of Rights—foundational documents protecting civil liberties—are invalid in Australia. Australians, uniquely among OECD nations, have no Bill of Rights.
The Constitutional Gap
The “Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act” of July 9, 1900, is a UK Act. The UK retains full authority to amend the first eight clauses; only the ninth is “the Constitution” itself. But here’s the kicker: the Constitution doesn’t define what “the Commonwealth” actually is.
Where are we now?
A document has been submitted to 186 UN member states arguing these points, reportedly with support from 80 members and 11 nations.
The requests are extraordinary:
- Establish an International Tribunal to confirm the above facts and declare all Australian governments invalid under international law
- Create an International Criminal Tribunal to prosecute individuals aiding and abetting the continued breach
- Safeguard Australians until implementation of a constitution agreed by plebiscite
- Declare Australia’s UN representative persona non grata
Australia The Concealed Colony
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Whether this document, ‘Australia the Concealed Colony’, represents a genuine constitutional crisis or simply the untidy paperwork of nation-building remains an open question. But it’s a question that should invite curiosity from media, government, opposition and we the people.
If Australian’s have no recognised civil rights and our governments lack legal validity, who is behind the silence and why?
OR if this is just smoke and mirrors, let’s hear from our politicians.
Have we been living in a constitutional fiction for over a century?
Surely, we deserve an answer.
Read the 1998 High Court Summary – click the link below
Comments
2 responses to “Australia Remains a Colony: Under British Rule”
Too bad. You’re heading down the sewer, just like Merry Old England, the sewer of an Islamic Third World Cesspool.
Better plan to have your women raped.
Good luck with that.
You let them in; what do you expect?
Oh, by the way, same with us.
No arms for the people, no country.