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Time for some vision in the Australian Parliament
News Categories
It is time for people with disability to be given a voice within the Australian parliament and to reflect the diversity of the community whom our parliamentarians represent.
Vision Australia Carols by Candlelight tickets go on sale
Fundraising & Volunteering
Tickets for Vision Australia’s 79th Carols by Candlelight will go on sale today from Ticketmaster.
Fashion magnified
News Categories
Kate has low vision from Macular Dystrophy with around 15% usable vision. Read how she keeps fashionable and tricks in store for keeping "on trend".
Edna Allen – Ballarat Volunteer retires after 47 Years
News Categories
Edna Allen has been volunteering at Ballarat Vision Australia for 47 years.
Joint project to enhance lives of local vision impaired
Vision Australia
Vision Australia Mildura has teamed up with SuniTAFE to help improve the lives of people with low vision.
New regulations needed to open the door for ridesharing users wit...
Media Releases
Vision Australia today urged a Victorian Parliamentary hearing to implement regulations related to accessibility, fare subsidies and driver training to enable over 90,000 Victorians, who are blind or have low vision, to participate fully in the ridesharing economy.
Using cash with confidence
Opinion pieces
Today, the launch of the new $5 banknote, which has a tactile feature, is a significant outcome for the Australian blindness and low vision community, to which, I belong.
New $5 banknote bumps into circulation
Media Releases
The release of the new $5 banknote – which for the first time in Australian currency history includes a tactile feature – is considered a significant win for the blindness and low vision community, as it will support people to independently and accurately identify the cash they are handling.
Australia is coming last in the race to provide audio description...
Media Releases
Blindness and low vision advocates are asking the Federal Government when audio-described content will be made permanently available on Australian television.