The Australian state of Tasmania should compensate LGBT+ people it convicted for homosexuality and cross-dressing, a report says.
Like all of Australia, Tasmania has now scrapped the laws. And in 2018, it agreed to wipe clean criminal records for the innocent LGBT+ people it convicted under the cruel legislation.
But now the official Independent Review of Expungement of Historical Offences Act recommends one-off compensation payments for LGBT+ victims that Tasmania previously convicted.
The report says: ‘This payment should be available automatically on the finalisation of an application in which the secretary [government] has determined to expunge any charge or conviction. ‘It should not involve a hearing and should be an amount determined