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Optometrist, Annie Tran, wins 2025 Optometry Connection Case Report and Clinical Image Award

After receiving the highest number of votes from peers for her case report, ‘To dilate or not to dilate? Choroidal melanoma: obtaining appropriate baseline data’, optometrist Annie Tran has been named the winner of the 2025 Optometry Connection Case Report and Clinical Image Award.

Interactive Series heads to Darwin to expand CPD access for NT optometrists

Optometrists in the Northern Territory will soon have hands-on, practical professional development closer to home, with Optometry Queensland and Northern Territory (OQNT) hosting Darwin Interactive (18-19 April 2026): a boutique, face-to-face CPD conference delivering case-based learning through immersive clinical sessions and peer discussion.

Leading with purpose: Mark Nevin is driving a new era at Optometry Australia

Mark Nevin doesn’t think small when it comes to optometry’s future. He thinks about direction, momentum and impact. Since taking on the role of CEO at Optometry Australia in early 2026, Mark has brought with him a career’s worth of perspective shaped by frontline care, national advocacy and whole-of-system health reform.