Sunshine North doctor, Dr Mark Hobart, will take his case to have his medical registration reinstated to the High Court of Australia to argue his innocence.
Dr Hobart was referred to the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) in November 2021, in regards to issuing falsified COVID-19 exemptions.
Following investigations by the Medical Board of Australia, Dr Hobart’s registration was suspended that same year.
On December 21, 2021, Dr Hobart issued proceedings seeking judicial review of the board’s decision, an application that was heard in the supreme court and subsequently dismissed in November of 2022.
Dr Hobart took to the courts again recently on November 10, where the court of appeal rejected his leave to appeal the supreme court ruling upholding his ban.
Taking to social media, Dr Hobart wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, that his case was “vital” to stopping “medical tyranny”.
“I will appeal to the HCA [High Court of Australia],” he said. “A win there will cover the nation.
“Last week AHPRA sent me the list of the hundred of patients I gave exemptions to. They are going to table it in court as evidence against me. I bet everyone of those patients would testify for me however. This may backfire,” he wrote in a separate post on X.
Mr Hobart stood for the seat of Maribyrnong at the last federal election for the Great Australia Party.
