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13 Jun |
Members and stakeholders invited to participate in workshops aimed at taking control of the future of optometryOptometry Australia is inviting all members and sector stakeholders to attend one of seven Optometry 2040 workshops being held in capital cities throughout Australia. |
01 Jun |
Australian scientists discover that a common virus resides in healthy eyes and triggers long-lasting inflammation
Researchers at the Lions Eye Institute (LEI) have discovered that contrary to expectations, a common virus triggers long-lasting inflammation in the eyes of hosts with a healthy immune system.
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28 May |
Australians missing out on audio descriptionMinister for Communications, Mitch Fifield continues Australia’s shameful track record of keeping Australians who are blind or vision-impaired waiting to find out when they will have the right to enjoy the full experience of television which sighted viewers take for granted. |
28 May |
Urgent action on out-of-pocket expenses required for private health to remain viablePrivate Healthcare Australia Chief Executive Dr Rachel David has called for a whole-of-sector commitment to increase transparency and tackle escalating out-of-pocket costs faced by consumers in the private health sector. |
23 May |
Glaucoma Now has a new home – in AustraliaContinuing Medical Education publication Glaucoma Now has a new home and from May 2018 is now hosted by Glaucoma Australia. Previously hosted in Europe the online publication has moved down under and will continue to be distributed worldwide. |
14 May |
Inaugural myopia week addresses ‘alarming increase’
A screenshot of the Brien Holden Vision Institute's Myopia Awareness Week microsite |
11 May |
Novartis Australia welcomes the Turnbull Government’s continued budget commitment to medical innovation and research
Novartis is encouraged that Turnbull Government continues to invest in the PBS, providing Australian patients access to the latest innovations in medicine.
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09 May |
Diabetes Australia welcomes additional funding for insulin pumpsUp to 280 children and young people with type 1 diabetes will be able to access fully subsidised insulin pumps thanks to a significant expansion of the Insulin Pump Program announced in the 2018-19 Federal Budget. |
09 May |
Morally wrong and strategically short-sighted aid budget disappoints
With better than expected revenues the government has squandered the perfect opportunity to repair the beleaguered aid budget and instead delivered a blueprint that is “morally wrong and strategically short-sighted”, the CEO of ACFID, Marc Purcell, said.
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08 May |
Aid cuts fail the world’s poorest
The Fred Hollows Foundation has expressed disappointment with tonight’s Federal Budget, which has delivered tens of billions of dollars in tax cuts while again reducing aid to the world’s poorest people.
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