Mark Hermann

YOU WIN, NSW POLICE. You have left me with no realistic way to financially survive. And I believe this is retaliation… I was a NSW Police officer. I served for 10 years, attaining the rank of Senior Constable. In 2021 and 2022, I formally spoke out about serious wrongdoing I had experienced and witnessed. My workers compensation claim was fully investigated and determined in my favour. In 2023, immediately following that finding, I was medically discharged from NSW Police. I was offered millions of dollars to sign a non-disclosure agreement and shut my mouth. I said SHOVE IT. Not because I didn’t need the money… Because my morals, my integrity and my ethics DO NOT HAVE A PRICE!! But I can tell the Australian public something now: Apparently the price of silence is millions… I worked in Strikeforce Eckersley. What I witnessed and learned fundamentally changed the way I viewed not only the system I served, but the way Australia is run. I came away believing that if you were famous enough, powerful enough or influential enough, allegations involving horrific things being done to children could just magically be filed away… To. Children. What I witnessed made me sick. And I refused to shut up about it. I STOOD UP FOR OUR CHILDREN! I stood up for victims. I stood up for what I believed policing was supposed to fucking mean… I stood up when staying silent could have made my own life infinitely easier. And I never asked Australia for a fucking medal.. I never even asked for a thank you… But surely I deserved more than losing absolutely fucking everything for doing what I believed was right? Now my workers compensation income has been cut off!!! My ATO account is blocked on the basis that I am listed as a terrorist. A GOD DAMN TERRORIST!!!! Government resources have been used to surveil me, including surveillance and listening devices concerning my home. Ask yourself how a 4’11”, 45kg woman with a palliative illness became such a fucking threat? I cannot use my Tax File Number!! I cannot lodge my tax returns!! I cannot access Centrelink!! I cannot access essential myGov services!! I cannot legally just return to work. I HAVE NO INCOME!!!! I am palliative… I have a child in my care… I cannot buy groceries… I cannot pay my bills… I cannot pay for ongoing treatment… And while all of this is happening… I AM FIGHTING FOR MY FUCKING LIFE!! I have advanced Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome, Nutcracker Syndrome and gastroparesis. I have had three failed NJ feeding tubes. I have been denied TPN and surgery, leaving me without adequate nutrition. I am palliative. But please understand something: I WANT TO LIVE!!!!! For YEARS, I have begged for somebody to intervene… State Government. Federal Government. NSW Police. AFP. LECC. ICAC. Ombudsmen. MPs. Ministers. Courts. Tax authorities. I have even begged for international help. The only MP I can honestly say has continued fighting for me is Steph Cooke. When every official avenue failed me, I did the only thing I had left… I SHOWED THE PUBLIC MY EVIDENCE. I presented evidence in court. I presented evidence to workers compensation investigators. I put my evidence online. And even then… My accounts got banned. So now I have nobody left to ask except you… AUSTRALIA, PLEASE HELP ME!!! I stood up because Australians deserved honest police. I stood up because victims deserved somebody willing to speak. I STOOD UP FOR OUR CHILDREN! And now I need Australia to stand up for me. Please!!!! I’m begging. Not because I want millions… I ALREADY REFUSED MILLIONS. What I need is far more simple: I need to feed my son. I need to keep a roof over his head. I need to continue my medical treatment. I need some lawful, realistic way to financially survive… And I need people to understand what has happened to me after a police officer refused to be bought into silence.