Kate Gifford

National President of Optometry Australia, the influential voice for the profession. Clinician, educator, researcher, practice owner, science nerd, runner.

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Hi Sydney! Friday for a contact lens launch, today for a meeting and this weekend for the Super Sunday conference!

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@oapresident Kate Gifford talks about the Australian optometry profession in this great interview http://t.co/UWwaa9h9dk

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Support fairer and smarter Medicare for optometry-template letters for your local MP and .@sussanley available here: http://t.co/S3Zxh1CfrN

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Who's coming to AVC this weekend at the Gold Coast? I'm looking forward to nerdy learning fun and Dreamworld!
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Beautiful foggy mountain views and floral colours at my parents place at Swanfels, 180km SW of Brisbane.

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@theBirdyMan this is our board and meeting room, also called the Charles Wright Library, at the Optometry Australia HQ in Melbourne.

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Thanks to .@OptometRRy for tweeting my blog post on Fledgling optometry in Vietnam http://t.co/o8LVsTI6kF

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.@OptometryAus meeting today saw future strategy formed while surrounded by history in our book lined Boardroom.

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Just a nice picture of some clouds on my flight back from MEL this morning. Pretty to look at, bumpy to fly through!

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Enjoyed camaraderie and entertainment as a guest at @Specsavers awards dinner last night. Always love acrobatics!

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Hammock + new @CollectiveHub magazine + @burleighbrewing Bighead beer + sunset views = Friday evening happiness.

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Govt announces no cuts to GP patient rebates - Australia's eye care deserves same. @OptometryAus meeting with @sussanley on 16th March.

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Forget #dressgate - this is what colour perception is all about! :) Ok enough staring, back to morning run.

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@kurtlarsen33 @OptometryAus #dressgate discovered at lunch, thanks to media savvy Andrew Hogan! Great meeting today, exciting stuff ahead.

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Well the Board of .@OptometryAus mostly sees blue (or white in a bad light) - colour is so subjective! #dressgate

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Farewell BNE - off to MEL for the first @OptometryAus National Board meeting for 2015. Exciting & challenging times.

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@1eyeinrumney I think I'm getting some sort of message.... Attempting decipher.

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It's been a sore day - DOMS from SRC fitness session on Sunday finally easing tonight! Both mind and body exercised!

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Proud to have been part of presenting Prof David Atchison with the H Barry Collin research award today @OptometryAus

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I wish I could get paid for going to conferences & learning all the time. Got this one right! @OptometryAus #SRC2015