 He was also interviewed many times for national and local Australian newspapers, especially "The Australian" and "The Advertiser", on foreign aid and development issues.Hobbs was a co-founder of International Development Support Services, a consultancy subsidiary of Oxfam Australia, and is named as a "Visionary Leader" by the Community Aid Alliance.He was also a founding member and President of the Schuss Ski Club, which became the "de facto" representative body for snow skiers in South Australia.