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07 Apr |
Australian government announces new television audio description working groupThe Australian Government has set up a working group to expand audio description services in a move welcomed by the blindness and low vision sector. |
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06 Apr |
Actioning Towards 2020 strategic action planning sessionsVision 2020 Australia is hosting its facilitated event, Actioning Towards 2020, in Melbourne on Thursday 22 June 2017. |
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04 Apr |
Every child should have an eye exam, but millions don’t have access to the glasses they needA new global campaign is helping to ensure that every child, everywhere, has access to the eye care they need. |
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21 Mar |
Disability groups stand together against transport cutsNational and state disability groups unite to campaign against proposed cuts to the Mobility Allowance for people with disability. |
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12 Mar |
New campaign aims to unearth 150,000 Aussies unknowingly living with sight-stealing diseaseDespite being the world’s leading cause of irreversible blindness, only half of Aussies know about glaucoma. |
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28 Feb |
Vision 2020 Australia’s new look Policy and Advocacy team
Vision 2020 Australia has completed the development of a multi-disciplinary Policy and Advocacy team following two recent appointments.
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16 Feb |
CERA looks to the promise of driverless vehiclesThe Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA) has revealed it is looking to collaborate with companies, industry, and peak bodies in the development of autonomous vehicle systems. |
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16 Feb |
Increased Optometry Input into Glaucoma Australia Awareness ActivitiesIn a move that further recognises the importance of optometry in managing patients with glaucoma and improving the low glaucoma detection rates in Australia, Glaucoma Australia has made a second optometrist appointment to its Council of Management (Council). |
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14 Feb |
New research partnership targets relatives of people with glaucomaFederal Health Minister Greg Hunt announced details of Partnership Projects – including a glaucoma project – being funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) recently. National Executive Officer Mr Geoff Pollard said Glaucoma Australia was pleased to be a Funding Partner in the project together with the Department of Health WA, the University of Western Australia, Lions Eye Institute (LEI) and the Flinders University. |
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13 Feb |
World’s first professional qualification course for eye bankersThe Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA) and The University of Melbourne are introducing the world’s first professional qualifications course for eye bankers – the custodians of human tissue for eye transplant surgery. |
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