Duncan Storrar has thanked Australians for their support and hit out at News Corp papers after a week which saw him labelled as a villain in segments of the media.

Key points: Mr Storrar says he warned journalists of mental health concerns

Mr Storrar says he warned journalists of mental health concerns Australians thanked for supporting Mr Storrar

Australians thanked for supporting Mr Storrar Mr Storrar will use money to help his children, charities

A GoFundMe campaign last week raised more than $60,000 for Mr Storrar after he appeared on Q&A and asked a question about tax thresholds.

In a written statement given to the ABC's Media Watch program last night, Mr Storrar thanked the "wonderful people of Australia" for supporting him and hit out at some of the media reporting of his story.

He said there were lessons to be learned from the attacks he faced.

"If a person shows the powers to be out of touch people [then] ... they will be dropped, probed and attacked in any way with no thought to the mental wellbeing of their children," he said.

"[And] ... this exposing of your life and every discrepancy in it will be published ruining your job prospects (would you give me a job after a Google search comes up with the headlines of last week and will be used as a example to keep people like me quiet).

"There have been serious consequences from the decisions that the News Corp press has taken in my so-called story."

He said he was attacked in the media despite warning journalists he had mental health concerns.

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"Knowing this the right-wing press decided to write the stories they did without a care for me or my (now ex-partner's) mental health.

"As somebody who is training to learn to be a mental health advocate I ask, does News Corp have a mental health policy when it comes to dealing with people like me? Yes they do, they have thrown this out to show the world that power.

"Has News Corp broken the Mental Health Act by knowing I have issues, my partner has issues and still coming in boots and all? Isn't there a duty of care instilled in the Mental Health Act?

"These are questions for lawyers not me."

Mr Storrar said money raised by the GoFund me campaign would go into a trust fund to pay for his daughters' educations, with some donated to charity.

He said the question he put to the Q&A panel regarding tax cuts for lower income workers was still valid.

"There are a whole class of people out there, yes we might have records, yes we might not be perfect but society has forgotten us. The politicians and the media use us whenever they want to show why they need to be elected but never do anything to help our plight. We are breaking down here and life hasn't been this hard since before Whitlam for the underclass."

Herald Sun editor Damon Johnston earlier stood by his paper's headline on Mr Storrar — "ABC hero a villain" — when speaking with Jon Faine on ABC radio.

"If you put yourself on the public stage, and in, particularly in the middle of an election campaign, questioning Government policy, questioning this, I think that you're entitled to be subjected to a bit of scrutiny," he said.

"It was all part of legitimate public debate in my view."