$1.126 million funding for National Eye Health Survey
In what is a first for Australia, a National Eye Health Survey has been given a $1.126 million funding injection ...
OBA’s ‘standing’ case thrown out by Queensland Supreme Court
A legal victory for ophthalmologists in the Supre Court of Queensland on 19 Novber has not alleviated concerns about patient ...
Southern Regional Conference remains a strong fixture
Attendance down 12% in ODMA exhibition year: Vic OAA comfortable with that. The Victorian division of the Optometrists Association Australia ...
Community Reference Group to advise AHPRA and national boards
The Community Reference Group has been established by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency to advise AHPRA and the 14 ...
Zeiss to close Adelaide Rx lens laboratory; net 75 jobs will go
Zeiss will cut a net 75 jobs at its Lonsdale, South Australia, prescription-lens facility over the coming months.The company will ...
No decision yet by Queensland Supreme Court regarding ‘standing’ to initiate glaucoma action
The Queensland Supre Court has yet to make known its decision in the claim by the Optometry Board of Australia ...
Top ten trends in kids eyewear
Kids. Small in size, but big with opinions. They can be your toughest customers, but also have the potential to ...
Trachoma: our national disgrace
In a national disgrace, Australia is the only developed country in the world not to have eradicated the infectious disease ...
Call to dump national medical board and return to state boards
The Australian Medical Board should be dumped and registration and governance of medical practitioners should be returned to state medical ...
Stem cell work shows promise
British scientists believe significant progress has been made in treating blindness through st cell growth.