Our committees consist of our board members who nominate to look after a certain aspect of Optometry Queensland Northern Territory. They dedicate many hours to ensure our members are receiving the best possible service. The following committees look after our conferences, local CPD and ECO events as well as our advocacy campaigns.
| Committee | Purpose | Committee members |
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| Executive Committee | Melinda Toomey (Chair) David Bradley Asha Mahasuria |
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| Education | Program design and implementation of our major conferences. | Melinda Toomey (Chair) Emily Henry Shuva Bose |
| National Board | The interface with the Optometry Australia National Board. | Shuva Bose |
| Public Health | Expanding opportunities for optometry to work in public health, specifically to reduce public hospital eye waiting lists, and offer alternative models of care to other health practitioners and the community. | David Bradley (Chair) Fiona Moore Shuva Bose Nancy Atkinson Cathryn Baker |
| Early Career Optometrists Committee (ECO QLD/NT) | Support of young optometrists, ensuring engagement with the profession and OQNT, along with decision making on the VISIONaries: past, present and future event. | Emily Henry (Chair) |
| Finance | Asha Mahasuria (Chair) Nicola Mountford Fiona Moore Cathryn Baker |
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| Conduct, QUT Liaison, Member Hubs | The interface for members of the public and optometrists regarding any issues of concern. | Melinda Toomey Nancy Atkinson Nicola Mountford Cathryn Baker |
| Rural and Regional Committee | The "R&R Committee" was introduced to work more closely on the issues and topics that are important and interesting to our rural and regional members. | Fiona Moore (Chair) Melinda Toomey, Asha Mahasuria. |