Help shape our future so we can best serve you
Member input is needed to determine if current membership categories and their associated fee structures need reassessing.
Tagged as: Future, Leadership, Member services, Sector changes
JobKeeper 2.0 changes come into effect from Monday 28 September
We encourage all employers who continue to access this wage subsidy program to seek financial and tax advice to ensure that they comply with ongoing tax, payroll and employment conditions.
Tagged as: COVID-19, Employment, Sector changes
Good vision for life campaign: results and pivot to respond to the ‘new’ 2020
“Make this your year of good vision for life”. Optometry Australia’s National Marketing Manager Trinity Scarf explains how Optometry Australia has pivoted its consumer awareness campaign.
Tagged as: Advocacy & government, Awards - honours - grants-bursaries, COVID-19, Good vision for life, Leadership, Marketing
Committed to supporting you meet the new CPD requirements
Optometry Australia has been busy preparing the tools and programs to support you through the upcoming changes to the Optometry Board of Australia’s CPD registration requirements. Read more from our President Darrell Baker.
Tagged as: AHPRA & OBA, Leadership, Member services, Sector changes
Use therapeutic skills to write more scripts, optometrist urges
Australian optometrists should be using their therapeutic skills more in the diagnosis and management of eye disease, Rockhampton optometrist Fiona Moore has suggested.
Tagged as: Pharma, Therapeutics
Small study suggests glasses may reduce COVID risk but more evidence is needed
Optometry Australia has cautioned about a small study which suggests wearing glasses every day may reduce the risk of coronavirus infection, saying more studies are needed to provide evidence.
Tagged as: COVID-19
Australian optometrists top 6,000 and two-thirds are therapeutically endorsed
The number of registered optometrists in Australia has topped 6,000 and nearly two-thirds are therapeutically endorsed, latest figures from the Optometry Board of Australia show.
Tagged as: AHPRA & OBA, Career, Employment, Fees & registration, Scope of practice, Therapeutics
Optometry Australia CPD offerings (14 September update)
We have curated a range of online education offerings that members can access via our Institute of Excellence and that will help them meet their CPD requirements.
Free mental health resources for members launched on R U OK? Day 2020
Today on R U OK? Day 2020, Optometry Australia continues its initiatives to assist members’ wellbeing by adding a new mental health resources page to our website, featuring many great free supports for members.
Tagged as: Career, Member services
O=MEGA21 to go ahead but World Congress of Optometry shifts to 2023
The World Council of Optometry has announced that the 4th World Congress of Optometry will now be held from September 8-10, 2023 in Melbourne. O=MEGA21 will proceed as scheduled for an Australian and regional audience from September 2-4 2021 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Tagged as: COVID-19, International, Leadership
