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13 Jun |
A win for drivers with central vision lossA change to the Assessing Fitness to Drive guidelines that left a number of Australians with central vision loss unable to a obtain licence, or fearful of losing their right to drive, is set to be reversed. |
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06 Jun |
Vision 2020 Australia welcomes Government focus on Indigenous eye healthVision 2020 Australia congratulates the Hon Ken Wyatt, Minister for Indigenous Health, and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare on the release of the first national report on Indigenous eye health measures following advocacy from the eye health and vision care sector. |
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16 May |
Government support for the disability workforce: A step in the right directionVision 2020 Australia applauds the Australian Government’s strengthening of Disability Employment Services (DES). |
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10 May |
NDIS funding a Federal Budget winVision 2020 Australia welcomes the significant wins for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) announced in the Federal Budget, but reminds the Government that more work is required to ensure the needs of people who are blind or vision impaired are met by the Scheme. |
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10 May |
Vision 2020 Australia welcomes Budget focus on preventative healthVision 2020 Australia welcomes the focus on preventative health and medical research in the 2017-18 Federal Budget, which has the potential to benefit the eye health and vision care sector. |
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10 May |
Foreign aid freeze leaves Australia’s neighbours out in the coldVision 2020 Australia is deeply disappointed that Australia’s aid budget, while appearing to modestly rise over the next two years, will in reality be cut over four years of Federal Budget forward estimates. |
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09 May |
Further aid cuts would be a foreign policy failureVision 2020 Australia is deeply concerned by reports that foreign aid will face cuts for the fourth consecutive year in tonight’s Federal Budget. |
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05 May |
Australia’s foreign aid budget needs visionAustralia’s foreign aid investment in eye health and vision care is vital to lifting our region’s most vulnerable people out of poverty and must be a focus of this year’s Federal Budget. |
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05 May |
Disability employment will boost the economyCreating access to meaningful employment for people with disability, including people who are blind or vision impaired, will give a significant boost to Australia’s economy. |
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03 May |
It pays to invest in the elimination of avoidable blindnessIn Australia 90 per cent of vision loss and blindness is preventable or treatable. What’s more, investing in preventative eye health will not only have an immense social impact, it will help the government’s bottom line in the Federal Budget. |
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