AUSTRALIA'S HISTORY OF DECRIMINALISING AND EXPUNGING HOMOSEXUALITY OFFENCES:

TASMANIA

Decriminalised: 1997

Tasmania's Liberal government introduced legislation in 2017 to expunge the records of those convicted or charged of homosexual and cross-dressing offences, with premier Will Hodgman calling the laws "unfair and unjust" during his apology in state parliament

On Thursday, Tasmanian parliament passed laws to establish a nation-first redress scheme for victims

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Decriminalised: 1975

While it was the first state or territory to bring in a scheme allowing for the removal of the now-defunct crimes from a person's criminal record in 2013, South Australia gave discretion for magistrates to consider other criminal history when ruling the conviction "spent" or not

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