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Recognising you

We enjoy recognising, honouring and celebrating the success of our members.

We offer a selection of awards to optometrists, at a national and state level, which acknowledge their outstanding work.

We also celebrate our members who receive external acclaim, such as those who receive the Order of Australia, which is the principal means of recognising outstanding members of the community at a national level.

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Diverse Career Pathways – Shaping the next era of independent optometry: Adrian Vecchio on why innovative software is the game-changer

Independent optometry is levelling up. With patient expectations shifting and technology evolving at lightning speed, practices now have a tremendous opportunity to modernise, streamline and stand out. Adrian Vecchio, Optometry Australia member and Owner at The Eye Collective Optometry, has been tracking these shifts for over a decade and is confident the next wave of innovation will transform practice life as we know it.
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Optometry Australia calls for stronger, nationally consistent care pathways

Optometry Australia has made a formal submission to the Streamliners Care Pathways Australia consultation investigating the viability of a unified national approach to care pathways.  Streamliners are the initiators of HealthPathways which now operate in all the 31 Australian Primary Health Networks. In its submission, Optometry Australia supported the concept of a unified national approach …
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Acknowledgement of Country

In the spirit of reconciliation Optometry Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.