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.
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Australian kids are being urged to sit their first exam before the holidays are over to ensure they start school on equal footing.
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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.
Download optometry_australia_declares_2020_the_year_of_good_vision_for_life_final.pdfOptometry Australia announces new leadership appointments
Australia’s peak professional body for optometrists today announced that Darrell Baker has been appointed President and Kylie Harris, Deputy President of Optometry Australia.
Download optometry_australia_announces_new_leadership_appointments_final.pdfOptometry 2040 – transformational vision for eye health care launched
The 20-year vision for the future of optometry has been unveiled by Optometry Australia.
Download optometry_australia_launches_long-term_vision_for_eye_health_final.pdfNew Clinical Editor of Pharma announced
Optometry Australia has announced that Kerryn Hart has been appointed Clinical Editor of Pharma, Australia’s leading magazine in therapeutic optometry research and application.
Download new_clinical_editor_of_pharma_announced.docx.pdfAustralian Women Research Pioneers – Clinical and Experimental Optometry nominates published luminaries
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.
Download celebrating_women_pioneers_cxo_media_release.pdfChildren’s eye examinations on the rise
Medicare data released for the 2017-18 financial year shows that children’s optometric consultations have increased steadily over the last four years.
Download media_release_-_children_s_eye_examinations_on_the_rise.pdfOptometry Australia’s efforts rewarded with spectacles scheme announcement
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.
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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.
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