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Luxottica is dropping Budget Eyewear and Just Specs brands; re-branding as OPSM The company is also re-branding its Laubman & Pank stores as OPSM in New South Wales and Victoria and will relocate or close Read More

Overall, for every dollar spent on health-care for non-Indigenous Australian, $1.39 was spent on Indigenous Australian, according to a report by the Australian Institute for Health and Welfare. In 2008-09, health expenditure for Read More

Another piece of the refractive-surgery puzzle solved? One of the difficulties encountered in ophthalmic clinical practice, initially in tonometry, more recently in refractive surgery and corneal cross-linking, has been the i Read More

UNSW Prize Winners The School of Optometry and Vision Science at the University of New South Wales on 14 February announced prize winners for the 2011 academic year: The Alcon Vision Care Australia Prize: MF Tu The BOC  Read More

Directors of Essilor International, at their meeting on 24 November, appointed Mr Hubert Sagnières as chairman and chief executive officer of the company, effective 2 January 2012. Mr Xavier Fontanet, former CEO and  Read More

Vision Australia's 2012 Dickinson Literary Awards are now open to any person who is legally blind. There are categories for all age groups and for fiction, non-fiction and autobiography. The historic awards are designed to hel Read More

Ascot Village Optical had a break in recently and lost 29 TAG Heuer frames and sunglasses. Information: Ascot Village Optical, Racecourse Road, Ascot, Qld 4007; fax (07) 32681982; email: reception@racecourseroad.com.au Read More

The New South Wales division of Optometrists Association Australia is holding a ‘Super Sunday’ CPD day on 24 June 2012 at Australian Technology Park, Redfern. There’s also a workshop half-day on 23 June. Th Read More

More than 900 delegates, predominantly ophthalmologists, met during the 43rd Annual Scientific Congress of The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists held at the National Convention Centre in Canberra on  Read More

Sunglass Hut, part of the Luxottica Group SpA of companies, marked the start of the summer season by launching Australia’s first floating pop-up store, at three different locations on Sydney Harbour from 17 November.  Read More