Media Releases

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.

The 20-year vision for the future of optometry has been unveiled by Optometry Australia.

Optometry Australia has announced that Kerryn Hart has been appointed Clinical Editor of Pharma, Australia’s leading magazine in therapeutic optometry research and application.

Australian women research pioneers in optometry, who have had published papers in Clinical and Experimental Optometry have been celebrated in a special virtual issue of this leading peer-reviewed journal.

Medicare data released for the 2017-18 financial year shows that children’s optometric consultations have increased steadily over the last four years.

Optometry Australia’s efforts were rewarded last Friday with the announcement that the Turnbull Government had committed $2 million to provide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people easier access to prescription spectacles.

Optometry Australia has announced that Sydney optometrist Professor Fiona Stapleton has been named the 2018 recipient of the organisation’s prestigious H Barry Collin Research Medal.

Optometry Australia applauds the announcement today of the Turnbull Government’s pledge to provide funding for a new eye health screening program for Australians with diabetes.

Amid the post-wedding glow of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on the weekend, Optometry Australia, the peak professional body for optometrists, ponders the importance of our eyes to determine a walk down the aisle – or otherwise.