The initiative coincides with National Close the Gap Day on Thursday, 19 March, recognising the ongoing inequities in health outcomes between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous Australians.
Recent changes to Queensland driver licence medical forms have raised concerns among optometrists, particularly around the visibility of optometry within the driving assessment process.
Optometrists are being urged to remain vigilant following reports of eye infections affecting Australian rules football players in the Northern Territory.
Mark Nevin doesn’t think small when it comes to optometry’s future. He thinks about direction, momentum and impact. Since taking on the role of CEO at Optometry Australia in early 2026, Mark has brought with him a career’s worth of perspective shaped by frontline care, national advocacy and whole-of-system health reform.
The member-exclusive Advanced Practice Recognition (APR) Program is a cornerstone of Optometry Australia’s long-term vision for the profession, designed to formally recognise optometrists with advanced clinical expertise while supporting career progression and workforce sustainability.
With patient expectations shifting and technology evolving at lightning speed. 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.
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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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.
