Tasmania takes a historic step to repair harm from its past anti-gay laws

By Kristina Kukolja

Published November 30, 2025 at 2:13 PM PST

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Tasmania is launching Australia's first compensation program for men once criminalized under anti-gay laws, raising difficult questions about how to measure and remedy decades of harm.

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Kristina Kukolja

Kristina Kukolja is a Walkley Award-winning journalist with the ABC's Law Report program in Melbourne. With a background in news, current affairs and investigations, she has previously worked for SBS World News and news organisations in Europe and Asia. Kristina has won several Australian and international journalism awards for her cross-platform news and in-depth reporting.

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