Sydney's comments were mature and well thought out. Ms Baum could take a cue from her

@lizbette was it? How do you know? Other people with his illness don’t go and kill others. I would say there were a number of factors, including male entitlement and misogyny, which are prevalent and influential in our society. 

@gu3st "like pushing a barrow full of feathers into a hurricane and then remaining everlastingly insistent that it's still full."
Thank you for this quote. Its going to come in handy!

@anonymous How sad, though. That we have to accept these crumbs of justice, rather than this man getting his just desserts and receiving a criminal conviction. 

@lizbette he was still motivated by something and that seems to be misogyny and hostility towards women. It can be both and not recognising that is harmful

@lizbette nothing happens in a vacuum.

Although he should have been convicted of rape and given a custodial sentence, I am pleased he has been discredited and shamed for his actions and assault on Brittany. I am also delighted that his lawsuit was not successful and his behaviour when offered a deal by Channel 7 was exposed. It really has outlined who this person really is and it's not pretty

@yeahyepyes his father has directly stated that this man had hostility towards women. This was a targeted attack by a very mentally unstable man. 

I think there needs to be a more nuanced discussion here. Yes, he targeted women and it is looking like it was motivated by hostility towards women, his father has said some very concerning things about his son on this. And, even though he was mentally unwell, these feelings manifested because of the prevalence of misogyny and male aggression and entitlement in our society. However, I don't think that should overshadow the issues surrounding mental health care, or rather, the lack of it. Based on all accounts, this man should not have been out in the community and there needs to be more services in place for people and their families to receive treatment and support. We just don't do enough to address mental health issues, and even though most people with mental health issues don't go on to hurt others like this, they do hurt themselves and their families are left trying to manage a person with severe issues that they just aren't equipped to deal with. 

@flatmac cool. I have no issue with people using cash, in fact, it kinda proves my point, you can still get cash fairly easily and cash has its place. 

@babble I hardly ever get charged a surcharge where I shop, I can't even remember the last time there was one applied. I don't have bank fees on my account and the only fees I have paid in recent times are to non-bank ATMS to get cash out for marketplace purchases or markets. 
I lost my wallet a little while back, if I'd had cash in there, that would have been gone. I cancelled my card and could keep using EFTPOS with my phone wallet, so that's pretty much sold me on electronic payments forever.  Cash has it's place still, but this whole cash movement is pretty ridiculous.

I can't bear to think about this mother in her final moments, trying to protect her baby while bleeding to death. This is so heartbreaking and so senseless. 

@yeahyepyes you know, you don’t have to read it, or anything on this site, if you don’t want to. 

Hopefully the Brown and Goldman families can find some peace now that he’s gone from this earth. 

@goat77 It is absolutely disgusting that male teachers are essentially perving on girls and that the onus is put back onto girls to dress "appropriately", rather than male teachers being stood down for complaining that they are being "distracted" sexually by the bodies of the children in their care. It is also disgusting that male students aren't being taught to respect the girls they are in the classroom with. I am so sorry that this is what you have to deal with. It is foul

If we do go cashless, it's consumer-driven. But I think a lot of this is fear-mongering and band wagon jumping. You can still get cash out fairly easily and you can still pay for most things in cash. If a business decides to go cashless, I'm sure they have good reasons, like not wanting staff to have to handle large amounts of cash. 
The withdraw cash day "protest" didn't really have a lot of impact on anything, other than a few people patting themselves on the back for getting cash out and posting pictures under their own names holding wads of cash. I also think that businesses that go "cash only" are a bit dodgy and might be trying to avoid paying taxes. 
I, for one, will not be going back to withdrawing cash to pay for things, I have Apple Pay on my phone and watch, which have been so convenient, especially when I lost my card, as I was still able to use EFTPOS through my Apple wallet, as my bank account was still linked. 

@kelloneill I know, it just makes me sick that people will try and protect a predator because he was their friend. Poor Drake, that kid deserved so much better. 

I've said it before and I will say it again. Stalking should carry a hefty custodial sentence. A person should not be able to undertake a campaign of fear and threats against another without severe consequences. It boggles the mind that we are still talking about this and that victims are still just expected to live with it. 

I don't understand why letters like that are accepted by the court when it comes to things like child rape. It's irrelevant as to what he was like in his public life, he admitted what he did, he's a danger to children.

I reckon that the man who brought this lawsuit would be an insufferable person to know. 
To do something like this takes some real malice towards women.