Australian Standards for Safety Eyewear

Optometry Australia statement on workplace pressures and clinical autonomy

Recent media coverage has raised serious concerns about workplace pressures, commercial expectations and patient care in parts of the optometry sector. Optometry Australia takes these concerns seriously.

Have your say in the Assessing Fitness To Drive Guidelines review

The National Transport Commission has recently launched a review of the 2022 Assessing Fitness to Drive Guidelines, aiming to ensure the Standards reflect current clinical and road safety evidence and contemporary practice. Member feedback is invited.

From the classroom to remote Australia: student placements bring optometry to Indigenous communities

Two University of Melbourne optometry students spent their clinical placement at Congress in Alice Springs, gaining hands-on experience with complex ocular pathology and a deeper understanding of Aboriginal health.