The Voice to Parliament referendum campaign reached fever pitch as it entered the home stretch this month, with Australians due to hit the polls on October 14.
Despite flagging support for the proposal in recent polls, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney and those at the forefront of the Yes campaign maintain they are optimistic about the prospect of a Yes victory.
On Sunday September 17 tens of thousands hit the streets in marches and events across Australian cities and towns, and internationally with a gathering in New York City.
Also this month, Yes23 and the Uluru Dialogue launched major advertisements advocating for constitutional reform.
The final weeks of the campaign saw leading No advocate Warren Mundine tell the ABC he supports local treaties and changing the date of Australia Day, despite some in the No camp "warning" such outcomes would be more likely with a constitutionally protected Voice.
"People on my side don't agree with me on these two issues," said Mr Mundine.
Opposition leader Peter Dutton, who has previously committed to a second referendum for constitutional recognition under a Coalition government should the current referendum fail, said he would not prioritise treaties "with billions of dollars going to lawyers".
Mr Mundine later said he was "talking about land use agreements".
"Roads, rail, wharfs, mines, energy projects, and agricultural progress on Aboriginal land...These things have huge commercial outcomes for Aboriginal people in regard to jobs in regards to training and in regard to running their own business and it's done a tremendous job for Aboriginal communities," he told Sky News.
Speaking to the National Press Gallery earlier this month, Northern Territory Senator and shadow minister for Indigenous Australians Jacinta Price reiterated her case against the Voice, and during questions said she did not believe colonialism had any ongoing negative impacts for Indigenous people.
The comments sparked a backlash from many including the Central Land Council.
"Her remarks are hurting the families of the Stolen Generation, those who lost their land, their wages and their opportunities… hurting the descendants of survivors of all the massacres that have been well documented," the Council said, and noted the violence and "wholescale theft of our land and waters" conducted under colonialism.
"There is a direct link between these historical truths and the gaps we want to close."
Also in September, Voice co-design report co-author Marcia Langton flagged legal action after being misquoted in a news report as describing "no" voters as racist and stupid, with the original story being pulled down by the publishers.
Mr Dutton lashed out at the Prime Minister, demanding in parliament that he "admit … incompetence and mishandling of issues that are hurting Australians and dividing our country".
Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers called the Opposition Leader a "chief propagandist" and Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus accused Mr Dutton of spreading misinformation on the Voice.
Minister Burney noted this month that she has received "appalling" racist treatment throughout the campaign.
In one more plot twist, last week United Australia Party senator Ralph Babet and chair Clive Palmer lost a Federal Court bid to force the AEC to accept a cross on ballot papers as a no vote.
