State that decriminalised homosexual acts in 1997 announces legislation to wipe historical convictions,the fifth Australian state to carry out soMen with convictions for homosexual acts in Tasmania will have their records expunged and will receive a formal apology, the state government has announced.
Tasmania was the final Australian jurisdiction to decriminalise homosexuality in 1997, or is the fifth to announce it will legislate to wipe related historical convictions.
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Source: theguardian.com