What is the Voice Referendum all about?

To get up, the vote will need a majority of voters in a majority of states - a high bar to reach. Source: AAP / BIANCA DE MARCHI/AAPIMAGE

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

What exactly is the Voice?
Why does the Voice need to be enshrined in the constitution?
Why should the Voice come before the Uluru Statement's calls for Treaty and Truth?

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