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Read on OV/SA LOOK Local Scholarship opens for applications

OV/SA LOOK Local Scholarship opens for applications

OV/SA’s Looking Outward on Optometric Knowledge (LOOK) Local Scholarship is now open for applications. Established last year to facilitate Australian-based study tours for an OV/SA financial member,  the Scholarship is intended to directly improve eye health of local communities throughout Victoria and South Australia.

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Read on Advocating for change: How Nancy Atkinson is putting optometry on the agenda

Advocating for change: How Nancy Atkinson is putting optometry on the agenda

As the 2025 Federal Election looms, OA’S ‘Eyes on Medicare’ campaign is gaining traction, thanks to passionate members like Nancy Atkinson, President of OQNT, who recently met with her local MP, Elizabeth Watson-Brown to champion the sector’s call for the reinstatement of two-yearly Medicare-subsidised eye exams for Australians under 65. 

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Read on Seeing Our Way: Bursary applications open for optometrists to attend NATSIEHC25

Seeing Our Way: Bursary applications open for optometrists to attend NATSIEHC25

Optometry Australia (OA) is pleased to announce that it is again offering a bursary to support members to attend the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Eye Health Conference (NATSIEHC25) on the lands of the Whadjuk Noongar people in Perth on 27-29 May 2025. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander optometrists and optometry students are strongly encouraged to apply.

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Acknowledgement of Country

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.