Millions of people across Australia are casting their votes today on establishing a constitutionally-protected Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voice to parliament.

The proposed body, one of the three pillars of the Uluru Statement from the Heart alongside truth-telling and treaty, would provide advice to federal governments on policies specifically or predominantly involving Aboriginal people.

National Indigenous Times spoke with voters across the country as they turned out at polling stations.

In North Adelaide, local voter Lur said she voted yes.

"We are on Indigenous land and I think Indigenous people should have much more than a voice to parliament, but it is one step forward," she said.

Peter, also in North Adelaide, said he voted no because he believed the campaign had been "unequal".

"I learnt very early in the situation that there was an out of balance thing in regards to the vote. In regards to people making donations to the yes or the no campaigns. With the yes campaign you could get a tax deduction and with the no you couldn't, and that was very odd to me right from the start," he said.

"They changed it so you could make a tax deduction for both, but it just seemed wrong right from the start, and the further I looked into it it just seemed out of balance, so that's the way I went."

As previously reported by National Indigenous Times, donations to both the Yes and No campaign are tax deductible. Yes campaign donations became tax deductible earlier due to registering for the appropriate status earlier than the No campaign, and because the No campaign withdrew an application and re-applied later.

Peter also said action was needed to tackle inequality in Australia.

"I would love, after this vote, to have a decent sit down and discussion about the whole set up. There needs to be some sort of vision," he said.

In Canberra Ngunnawal and Wiradjuri man Uncle Bill Tompkins, who was stationed at the Tent Embassy for the day, told National Indigenous Times: "Why can't just the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mob vote instead of all of Australia? This is our voice to Parliament not theirs."

"We want a Black voice in Parliament, not a non-Indigenous voice to Parliament. I don't know why they're asking all non Indigenous people to vote. So we can have a voice... so it should be only Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voting," he said.

Independent Senator David Pocock told National Indigenous Times the Uluru Statement from the Heart is "a generous offer to all Australians".

"It's something that I campaigned on during the election and I committed to supporting it," he said.

"I'm staying positive, the polls aren't good we can't get around that, but it's these last minute conversations that's going to change what we see in the polls, but we will have to wait and see."

In Brisbane, one voter who did not want to be named had high hopes if the referendum established a voice to parliament.

"I think our future relationships should be fine as long as Yes wins," he said.

"I've been in Australia since the early '90s and always got along with Indigenous people and non-Indigenous people.

"Once you learn about the history of this place it seems so obvious to me that voting Yes is the way forward, so why not?"

A no campaigner at a polling station in Melbourne's inner-north told National Indigenous Times he believed a Voice to Parliament would not "make a difference", add new levels of bureaucracy in Canberra, and could pose future legal risks.

He said the messaging from no camp leads Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and Warren Mundine has been clear, while a range of politicians, organisations and bodies advocating for yes left him asking "who's talking?".

He felt a two-question referendum split into constitutional recognition, which he supported, and the Voice would have been a better approach.

In Perth, Jordan Hansen, a health practitioner and midwifery student, said he voted Yes.

"I believe it's important to support the voice referendum because I'm a health practitioner and I want to see long-term improvements to health outcomes for Indigenous people and that's something I take seriously," he said.

Tony, another North Adelaide voter, also told National Indigenous Times he voted yes.

"I thought it was the fair and right thing to do, to recognise Aboriginal people in the constitution and that they should be able to control affairs that concern them," he said.

More to come.