Dr Mark Hobart cops $27,000 fine after practice raid

The Melbourne GP has been accused of writing fake vaccine exemptions

Dr Mark Hobart, the GP suspended under emergency powers for allegedly giving out fake vaccine exemptions, says he has been fined $27,000 by Victoria’s Department of Health.

Last year, officers raided his practice and seized patient records following an anonymous tip-off that he was writing the certificates without clinical justification.

He was then targeted by AHPRA, which threatened to prosecute him for “holding himself out as a registered doctor” while suspended, a criminal offence that can lead to three years’ jail.

Yesterday, Dr Hobart told his 14,000 Twitter followers that he had been fined $27,000 by the health department “over the raid”, while AHPRA continued to chase him for an interview about “impersonating a doctor”.