Northern Territory Advisory Committee established
Optometry Australia is delighted to announce the establishment of the Northern Territory Advisory Committee (NTAC).
We are committed to supporting improved and sustainable access to primary eye care and improved eye health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Since 2008, the Optometry Australia Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander eye health Advisory Group has provided invaluable guidance and support in our work in this area. Its role is to:
The current term of the Advisory Group runs from July 2020 to June 2022.
Each of the 10 members invited to join the Advisory Group for its 2020-2022 term has demonstrated experience across a range of key areas which will prove invaluable to achieving the group’s goal of ensuring optometry’s contribution to national efforts to close the gap for vision.
Members invited to participate in the group are:
As a result of the contribution of many members since its inception in 2008, the Advisory Group has ensured Optometry Australia’s commitment to supporting improved and sustainable access to primary eye care and improved eye health for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people has gone from strength to strength, through:
For further information on the current priorities of the Optometry Australia Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander eye health Advisory Group, please contact the Optometry Australia Member Support and Optometry Advancement team at policy@optometry.org.au.
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.