Optometry Australia is calling on the Australian Government to urgently invest in saving and improving the eyesight of millions of Australians by making a relatively small $22.6 million investment over five years to start deflecting a looming eye health crisis.
Member Jingyi Chen, who features in Optometry Australia’s #BreakTheBias video launched for International Women’s Day 2022, shares her thoughts and experiences in facing gender bias as a young woman in optometry.
Optometry Western Australia’s WAVE 2022 is set to take place Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 March and will offer up to 17 CPD hours.
Optometry Australia invites members with experience in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander eye health to express their interest in joining our Advisory Group for a new two-year term, from July 2022 to June 2024.
To respond to the challenge set by International Women’s Day 2022 to #BreakTheBias, Optometry Australia launches a video as part of a campaign to seek understanding of the challenges facing women in optometry.
Medicare has automatically renewed some PKI site certificates, where possible. Where Medicare was unable to do this, they mailed a CD with the renewed certificate to your location. Find out what you have to do next.
Optometry Australia has awarded bursaries to members Alexandra Coffey and Eleanor Yang to attend the 2022 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Eye Health Conference.
Optometry Australia launches a new member service, the Member Assistance Program, to support you in strengthening your mental resilience and wellbeing.
Optometry Australia’s CEO, Lyn Brodie, has been named one of Australia and New Zealand’s top association executives by the Australasian Society of Association Executives.
If you’re one of the seven million Aussies with a Spotify account, this news is for you; the Optometry Australia Institute of Excellence podcast has been added to the platform.
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.
