Optometry Australia invites Expressions of Interest for our new Myopia Management Community of Practice and Education (COPE) Group, launching mid-June 2025 to coincide with our National Myopia Awareness Campaign. Apply by 26 May 2025.
Optometrists aren’t just making a difference in the practice room – they’re making waves in cinemas too.
Deakin University’s Christopher Law shares some handy digital health and AI tips for optometrists, as well as his thoughts on embedding digital health into optometry clinics.
Optometry Australia extends a sincere thank you to all members who expressed interest in the inaugural open round of our Advanced Practice Recognition (APR) Program – Glaucoma.
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.
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.
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.
Yesterday, many of optometry’s most influential leaders, researchers, educators and changemakers came together for Shaping the Future of Optometry Together, Optometry Australia’s inaugural Optometry Leaders’ Summit to explore solutions to the profession’s most pressing challenge: sustaining a robust workforce that meets Australia’s eye care needs now and into the future.
Optometry Australia is excited to bring members a new benefit designed to bring meaningful, practical value: a complimentary 2-year membership with Blue Light Card Australia. This exclusive offer is available for two weeks, until 27 April 2025
We’re strengthening our frontline Optometrist Advisor Help Desk with two key legal services, ensuring all members receive expert legal advice when it matters most.
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.
