The Drake Group has announced that one of its team members has won two major awards from Apprenticeships Queensland’s 2022 awards night. Erin Vanderreyden from The Drake Group won the Senior Engineering award, and as a result she was nominated for the overall Dave Handyside Apprentice of the Year – which she also won. Vanderreyden […]

The University of Melbourne’s Associate Professor Laura Downie has been recognised at the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE)’s annual awards for a device she has co-invented that could revolutionise dry eye diagnosis. She was among some of Australia’s leading engineers and inventors who featured in the awards night in Sydney on 26 […]

The most pressing issues affecting Australian ophthalmology have been laid bare in the new Podthalmology podcast, hosted by Melbourne eye doctor DR LANA DEL PORTO. She discusses the philosophy behind the series, which includes guest appearances from leading cataract and refractive surgeons. Have you considered auditing your cataract surgery performance, but struggled with getting started? […]

Welcome to People on the move – October 2022, Insight’s monthly bulletin to keep the Australian ophthalmic sector updated on new appointments and personnel changes. If you’d like to tell the market about a new person in your company, practice, or clinic, please send the person’s name, position, image and a short description about their […]

Australian Governments offer billions of dollars of grant funding over approximately 5,000 programs. To complicate matters, the grants landscape is constantly changing, with programs expiring and emerging daily. Manufacturers’ Monthly interviewed Dr Bec Barnes, RSM’s national grants manager. Barnes is devoted to helping companies navigate and access Government funding, turning a convoluted grants landscape into […]

The intersection of science communication, and water makes a lot of sense. In Tanya Ha, she has forged a high-profile path in sustainability and water conservation with Science and Technology Australia and Westernport Water. Tanya Ha describes herself as an award-winning strategic science and environmental communicator and leader. She has 20 years of experience making […]

Boral has appointed Belinda Shaw as its chief financial officer, replacing Jared Gashel, who has held the position of acting CFO since 19 April 2022. Shaw has experience in senior executive and finance roles. She is currently acting CFO at Sydney Airport, where she has also held senior finance roles since 2019. Prior to her […]