Tasmania becomes first state to offer compensation for expunged gay crimes

Radio National Breakfast
07/11/2025 5 min
Tasmania becomes first state to offer compensation for expunged gay crimes

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"From Bigots Island to the Rainbow Isle." That's how long-time LGBTQIA+ advocate Rodney Croome describes Tasmania's path to equality.While the state was the last to decriminalise homosexuality, yesterday it became the first jurisdiction to offer compensation to those charged and convicted — with bipartisan support in parliament.

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