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Ahpra announces fee relief for practitioners on parental leave

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Eyecare practitioners taking parental leave can now get relief from part of their fee to Ahpra. Image: Prostock-studio/stock.adobe.com.

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Practitioners taking parental leave can have money back in their pockets, as Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency's (Ahpra) parental leave fee relief policy is now in effect. Ahpra has announced a 30% rebate on annual renewal fees for health practitioners,...

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People on the move – July 2025

A holistic approach extends care beyond the clinical setting, and considers mental wellbeing, access to assistive technology, communication needs, and quality-of-life, SeeWay says. Image: Ievgen Skrypko/stock.adobe.com.

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Beyond the diagnosis: Why holistic eye health matters more than ever

Design Eyewear Group CEO Lars Flyvholm. Image: Design Eyewear Group.

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VMD Eyewear named to distribute Jaguar eyewear in Australia

Changes to NDIS legislation have made it difficult for people to access vital orthoptic care. Images: Jemila Kanu.

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Strengthening NDIS support for Aussies with vision impairment

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Data backs up delivery on the RayOne EMV IOL

by Rob Mitchell

Dr David Gunn and his team have had a paper published highlighting the effectiveness of the RayOne EMV IOL. Image: David Gunn.

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Surgeon Dr David Gunn was impressed with the RayOne EMV IOL as soon as he used it. Now he has the data to back up those first impressions, and the excellent feedback from his patients. Brisbane ophthalmologist Dr David Gunn...

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Dr Joshua Hann is a proponent of the IC-8 IOL in the right patents. Images: Eastside Eye Care & Bausch + Lomb.

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IC-8 IOL and the power of the pinhole

Many patients in the public health system could be missing out on the best options with their cataract surgery. Image: Andrew Angelov/shutterstock.com.

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Special Report: Do monofocals still have a place?

ACUVUE Abiliti 1-Day is a new soft contact lens for myopia control. Image: Johnson & Johnson.

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Australian optometrists give early insights on ACUVUE Abiliti 1-Day for myopia control

Dr Athena Roufas offers some red flags and strategies to help identify keratoconus sooner. Image: Garna Zarina/shutterstock.com.

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Don’t forget about keratoconus – watch for the subtleties

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Company

The campaign took to public spaces, embedding hidden messages in creative work that only those with certain vision impairments could detect. Image: 1001 Optometry.

Global acclaim for 1001 Optometry’s Australian eye health campaign at Cannes Lions 2025

Thyroid eye disease drug Tepezza recommended for PBS-listing in Australia

Company confirms $191m in funding to test its robotic eye surgery system

ODMA recognises 2025’s best operators in independent optics

Research

A Canadian firm claims its accommodating IOL could help cataract patients focus on near and far objects. Image: StockPhotoPro/adobe.stock.com.

Company to begin clinical trials of ‘revolutionary’ accommodating IOL

Study: Negative acts impacting orthoptic placements, students

An eye scan for various diseases? CERA is looking into it

Research shows promise in drug to tackle diabetic retinopathy

Events

More than 4,000 attended the event overall across three days. Image: ODMA.

Sydney’s ODMAFair25 beats attendance expectations

AUSCRS – costumes, with just a little drama

2025 Endeavour Awards – celebrating excellence in Aussie manufacturing

RANZCO has sights on biggest congress yet in 2025

Ophthalmic Education

Pearls from a clinical optometrist working in an Australian ophthalmology practice

by Staff Writer

Cassy Versteeg says clinical optometrists assist in therapeutic co-management of ocular conditions. Images: Cassy Versteeg

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At the completion of this article, the reader should be able to... Recognise the common misconceptions about experience and therapeutic knowledge in clinical optometry. Learn how clinical optometrists assist in therapeutic co-management of ocular conditions. Appreciate the importance of collaboration...

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The future will present plenty of opportunities and challenges for patients and practitioners in cataract surgery. Image: VEI.

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Vision Eye Institute surgeons offer a look into the future

Anthony Sargeant still practises one day a week in G&M's Optiko practice, Brisbane. Images: George & Matilda.

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Educate to elevate at George & Matilda Eyecare

Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

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ASO responds to Grattan Institute ‘red flags’ on ophthalmology

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It's hoped that a new plan to prioritise applicants with a rural background will put more doctors into rural and regional Australia. Image: BJP7images/stock.adobe.com.

Medical colleges joining forces to tackle rural doctor crisis

Specsavers Stories – Rhian Evans

Optometry, then the sequel – the story of Tsu Shan Chambers

Australia’s leading surgeons talk refractive surprises, Sulcoflex solutions

Ophthalmology

Currently available CsA products are preservative-free where each ampoule is intended for single use. Image: tawanroong/Shutterstock.com.

Best-practice management of topical ciclosporin in dry eye

Vision Australia – working to give people a future and a ‘fair go’

Rayner’s EMV lens wins prestigious King’s Award for Enterprise 2025

Vision Hospital Group and the benefits of working with the best

Optometry

HOYA's new tints and colours offer wearers the chance to customise their look, all within a coloured prescription spectacle lens. Images: HOYA.

HOYA launches new ‘Sensity Colours’ in time for spring

Specsavers working to break down optometry barriers

Fred Hollows Foundation raising awareness of gender inequity in eyecare

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Therapies

With support from The Fred Hollows Foundation, Chanthoeun from Cambodia received a pair of special prescription glasses to help with her high myopia and she now conducts basic eyesight tests for her children using skills she learned at the vision centre. Image: Michael Amendolia.

Lancet: Glasses still out of reach for millions of people

Lumenis launches OptiPLUS dual frequency RF device in ANZ

Bausch + Lomb’s blinking success

My Eyes film starring Australian optometrist set to open in theatres

Australia

VEI supporting future of orthoptics at IOC in Brisbane

by Rob Mitchell

Optical dispensers (clockwise from top left) Hannah Guan, Janine Hardy, Tram Nguyen, Sophia Hadwani, Chris Hodge, and Sasha Kairouz will be at the IOC representing VEI. Image: VEI.

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Vision Eye Institute (VEI) is furthering its already strong support of orthoptists as Platinum Partner for this week’s International Orthoptic Congress (IOC) in Brisbane. The company celebrated the role orthoptists play in eye care during Orthoptics Awareness Week. “Not only...

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International

EssilorLuxottica is moving into the eye surgery space with its acquisition of Optegra in Europe. Image: Rabizo Anatoli/stock.adobe.com.

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EssilorLuxottica acquiring Optegra clinics as part of med-tech strategy

The new contact lenses offer multi-coloured infrared images that night-vision goggles, which operate on a monochrome green scale, typically do not.Image: Pixsooz/stock.adobe.com.

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Researchers create contact lenses for infrared vision

Professor Frank Martin (left) and Professor Gerard Sutton have been named among Asia-Pacific's 100 most influential ophthalmologists.

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Two VEI doctors named among Asia-Pacific’s most influential ophthalmologists

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Ophthalmic organisations

The ACO is holding a workshop to help optometrists fit mini-scleral contact lenses. Image: ACO.

Fitting mini-scleral contact lenses the focus of ACO workshop

Hundreds of optometrists have joined Health Services Union

Specsavers founder Doug Perkins receives top honour from King Charles

Grattan Institute raises red flags over ophthalmology fees, training and supply

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