Prime Minister Anthony Albanese describes it as an opportunity for every Australian "to be a part of making history".
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"It will be a moment of national unity, a chance to make our nation even greater, a gracious chapter in the great story of Australia," Mr Albanese said this week after the Senate finally passed the bill authorising the Voice referendum.
Come referendum day, expected in October, Australians will be asked if they approve of a proposed alteration to the Australian Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to the parliament and the executive government.
Are you ready to have your say in the Voice referendum? What has been your primary source of information on the proposed changes?
Has the Albanese government provided you with the information you need to make an informed choice?
Will you vote "yes" or "no", and why?
We're asking our readers to share their views in an online survey conducted by ACM's research team at Chi Squared. ACM is the publisher of this masthead.
Click the image below to have your say. It will take you directly to the online survey where you can tell us what the Voice referendum means to you. All responses in the two-minute survey are confidential and individual responses will not be identifiable.
Together with the other newspapers of the ACM network, we'll report back on the results, which will also help shape our coverage of community discussion about the Voice in the lead-up to the referendum.
If Australians vote "yes", the following words will be inserted into the Constitution:
"In recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Peoples of Australia:
There shall be a body, to be called the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice;
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice may make representations to the Parliament and the Executive Government of the Commonwealth on matters relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples;
The Parliament shall, subject to this Constitution, have power to make laws with respect to matters relating to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, including its composition, functions, powers and procedures."
Speaking in Parliament House in Canberra after the Senate vote, Mr Albanese said the proposed constitutional change was the correct model, rejecting criticism of the Voice from both the progressive and conservative sides of politics.
"Some people say this goes too far, some say it doesn't go far enough. I say we've got the balance right," he said.
"It is just that - an advisory body - but voice is a powerful word. Because it will give First Nations people a voice and it's up to us to listen to that voice. The truth is that for most people watching this, it will have no direct impact on their lives but it just might make lives better for the most disadvantaged group in Australia today."
Indigenous independent senator Lidia Thorpe, who quit the Greens over the Voice issue, told the Senate this week the proposal was about "appeasing the white guilt in this country" as she declared she would vote "no".
Another critic, Indigenous Coalition Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, said people should ask themselves: "If they truly believe that this is the answer? Will an extra layer of bureaucracy and red tape do anything more to help Indigenous Australians? Will a Canberra body of academic experts do anything more to close the gap ... (or) bring us closer together?"
