What is the Voice Referendum all about?

Later this year, Australians will take part in a referendum where they will be asked to vote YES or NO in answer to the question: Do you support a change to the constitution to recognise the first peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice?

A member of the Blak Sovereign Movement wears sunglasses in the shape of the word ’NO’ during a news conference in Canberra; and a supporter of the Yes vote for the Voice to Parliament referendum at an event in Sydney (AAP)

But what exactly is the Voice, and what are the arguments for and against it?

Kulasegaram Sanchayan reports in Tamil with a feature written by Claire Slattery.

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