Media Releases

Optometry Australia has warned consumers that their eyesight may suffer if they take contact lens prescribing into their own hands when purchasing from online retailers who do not require them to validate their contact lens prescriptions.

Optometry Australia applauds the United States in its commitment to improving children’s vision, with some states pushing for legislation to require every student entering primary school to have a comprehensive eye examination.

Following an extensive review of Optometry Australia’s digital footprint and ongoing evolution of its platforms, Australia’s peak professional body for optometry, today launched the final piece of its digital strategy with the launch of its new website

Following an extensive review of Optometry Australia’s digital footprint and ongoing evolution of its platforms, Australia’s peak professional body for optometry, today launched the final piece of its digital strategy with the launch of its new website

With an election imminent, Optometry Australia has launched its election campaign by calling for all sides of government to support its vision for a sustainable and effective eye care system accessible to all Australians.

Everyone’s glued to their screens nowadays – phones, computers, iPads, laptops – but none more than our children who are being brought up in the digital age.

A relatively modest but strategically-directed Federal Government investment will result in better vision and eye health for Australians, said the CEO of Optometry Australia Lyn Brodie today.

Australian kids are being urged to sit their first exam before the holidays are over to ensure they start school on equal footing.

Optometry Australia, the peak professional body for optometrists, is rallying the optometry and eye health sector to put their support behind the year 2020 to declare it the Year of Good Vision for Life.

Australia’s peak professional body for optometrists today announced that Darrell Baker has been appointed President and Kylie Harris, Deputy President of Optometry Australia.