Where did the idea come from, how will it be set up, and why does it need to be in the constitution? Here are the answers to all your questions.
The polls are open and people will be casting their votes until 6pm on Saturday. The final results will determine whether the country establishes an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament. Thousands of Yes and No campaigners are flooding the streets trying to sway undecided voters before they reach the booths. But many are still confused about what the Voice is, what it will do and where it all came from.
According to prime minister Anthony Albanese, that's "precisely why Indigenous Australians have asked that it be enshrined". "We’re dealing with intergenerational issues. And it won’t be solved in a week, a month, a year. Some of these issues will take a long period of time,” he told Sky News in August.
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