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Backed by 500+ optometrists, the fight for fairer Medicare funding continues

Since our bold call to Canberra – “Wake up, Canberra: Ignoring eye health is costing Australians their sight” – Optometry Australia has continued to push hard for meaningful change to Medicare funding for eye care. Our message has been clear: reversing the 2014 Budget decision is vital to preventing avoidable vision loss in our communities. 

Do financially focused KPIs genuinely improve optometry business outcomes?

Optometry Australia recently spoke with Elise Pocknee-Clem and the optometry group at Eyre Eye Centre to gain insights into the role of financially focused KPIs in optometry practices.

Join the first-ever choir of Aussie optometrists!

Following the enormous success of We Are Here, Optometry Australia’s (OA) 2020 lockdown virtual choir, members are warmly invited to join the Optometry Australia Pub Choir. This first-ever (as far as we know!) choir of Aussie optometrists will debut at the Optometry Clinical Conference in Melbourne on 17-18 August.