The Tasmanian Historical Forced Adoption Redress Scheme offers eligible mothers a $75,000 payment and a personal apology.

The schemes follow a 2012 formal apology by Lara Giddings, Tasmanian premier from 2011 until 2014, for the practice of forced adoption in that state from the 1950s.

However, adult adoptees removed as babies are currently excluded from these payments. Adoptee advocates are actively petitioning the state parliament to expand eligibility.

Petition 149 is a petition entitled Recognise the Babies Taken Through Forced Adoption in Tasmania's Redress Scheme which has been circulating amongst members of the Tasmanian parliament to ask that the adults who were removed as babies also be made eligible for the redress scheme.

Says the Tasmanian Times:

“Members of parliament are being asked to share the petition through their social media pages, newsletters, websites, mailing lists or electorate office communications, and to reply within seven days confirming whether they will do so.”