Two of the country's top Aboriginal lawyers have put their final arguments for a 'yes' vote in the referendum on a First Nations voice.
Wirdi man Tony McAvoy is a native title barrister who was the first Aboriginal person to be awarded a senior counsel and was a member of the referendum working group.
"I think there is an opportunity for all of us, the whole country, to move forward in a way that is more respectful," he said from Kalgoorlie, where he is running a case.
"A way that treats everybody with dignity, that allows my people, my family, Aboriginal people all over this country to move out of entrenched disadvantage.
"It's an opportunity for Australians to embrace us in the founding document of this country and say, 'We will listen to you, we know that what we are doing is not working'."
In her last-ditch plea to Australians to vote 'yes', constitutional law professor Megan Davis asked voters to accept the invitation extended to all Australians through the Uluru Statement from the Heart.
"The Uluru Statement was born from the dedication and determination of our old people to create a more positive future - for all of us," she said.
"For our children, for our communities, for future generations."
Professor Davis, one of the architects of the Uluru Statement, said the voice was an advisory body through which Indigenous people could have a say on matters that affected them.
"The voice will not give First Nations people the power to make laws," she said.
"We won’t be given the power to spend money, we won’t be able to take things from other people in the community.
"But what it will do is help First Nations people overcome the challenges that are unique to our communities.
"And it will recognise the remarkable fact Australia is home to the oldest continuous culture on the planet - our 65,000-year connection to this land."
The lawyers' last-minute pitches come as published polls point to a 'yes' defeat, with the latest YouGov and Roy Morgan surveys suggesting ‘no’ would poll 56 and 54 per cent respectively.
More than 17.6 million people are required to vote in Saturday's referendum.
About four million Australians have cast their ballot at an early voting centre and about two million have applied for a postal vote.
