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11 Aug |
New $10 note launch date revealedThe Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has announced the release date for the next generation of the $10 banknote, which will include tactile features to support people from the blind and low vision community. |
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09 Aug |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leadership for better healthAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people need to lead health policy and services in our communities. |
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01 Aug |
Online program for glaucoma diagnosisThe Australian College of Optometry has released the first in a planned series of unique online programs for optometrists, starting with the Glaucoma self-Assessment Program, ACO-GAP. |
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27 Jul |
CBA to become our most disability-friendly bank, unless you’re blindWhile Blind Citizens Australia congratulates the Commonwealth Bank of Australia on making its facilities more accessible for people with disability, the bank still has 75,000 devices in retail outlets that are not accessible to people who are blind or vision impaired. |
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06 Jul |
Call to raise vital funds for medical eye researchEvery year in Australia, more than 1,600 children are diagnosed with significant vision impairment – an average of four children a day whose lives will change forever. |
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24 May |
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22 May |
Caring Australians lose sight of their own eye healthNew research, commissioned by Macular Disease Foundation Australia and released in time with Macular Degeneration Awareness Week, reveals people aged 50 to 64 are placing their vision at risk and could be jeopardising their ability to care for others. |
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26 Apr |
Guide Dogs taking the lead to improve accommodation access for vision impairedTo mark International Guide Dog Day, Guide Dogs NSW/ACT has launched an education campaign to improve guide dog access rights. |
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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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