Policy & regulation

The Australian Society of Ophthalmologists (ASO) has voiced serious concern regarding the Optometry Board of Australia’s (OBA) proposal to expand...

Optometry Australia (OA) has lodged a complaint with health care bodies after a member noticed a local pharmacy advertising dry...

Ms Cassandra Haines, South Australia state lead Optometry Australia, and ophthalmologist Dr Joanna Black are calling on the South Australia...

Optometrists in Australia have moved one step closer to being able to prescribe oral medicines with key changes to the...

Australia now has two treatments for geographic atrophy (GA) after the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) approved a second medication. It...

A national survey has revealed that rates of vision impairment around Australia have fallen over the past decade, but challenges...

The Australian Society of Ophthalmologists (ASO) is calling on insurers to “lift their game” as part of its support of...

A health scare has prompted Christopher Pyne to call time on his role as chair of Vision 2020 Australia. Insight...

Ms Jessie Woodward started her fourth year as an optometry study at UNSW with nothing in the bank. In order...

Eye surgeons and medical technology innovators took the ‘operating theatre’ to Australian Parliament House (APH) earlier this month. The Australian...