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Telehealth clinic for Wodonga, VIC

AHPRA-registered Clinicians for patients in Wodonga, by secure video or telephone, under the VIC rules set out below.

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Wodonga by telehealth

44,717 people lived in the Wodonga City local government area at 30 June 2025 on the ABS's preliminary estimate, an increase of 1,510 people since 2021. Wodonga faces Albury across the Murray River, and the ABS counts the two as one urban area that straddles the state border. Patients there see a LeafLine Clinician by video or telephone, from home, from work, or from anywhere with reception.

By road, Wodonga is about 310 kilometres from Melbourne, roughly 4 hours of driving each way. A rooms appointment in Melbourne would be a day trip for one consultation.

Victorian rules that apply in Wodonga

Victoria requires a Department of Health permit before a Clinician prescribes to a patient with a history of drug dependence, and the Clinician cannot prescribe until it is granted. The Act also mentions treatment beyond eight weeks; the Department’s published position is that no permit is needed for a patient without a dependence history, and LeafLine books a review at week seven for Victorian patients.

Checking SafeScript before each prescription is a duty the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 (Vic) places on the prescriber, so your Clinician sees your recent prescribing history whether or not other records have arrived.

Wodonga is in Victoria and Albury is in New South Wales, so the rules on this page are the Victorian ones. A patient who lives in Albury is under the New South Wales rules, which the Albury page sets out.

The federal side is the same everywhere. Our guide to getting a prescription through SAS-B explains the TGA approval, and if you are moving from another clinic, the Victoria changing-clinics page covers what transfers and what does not.

Seeing a Clinician from Wodonga

  1. Check your eligibility

    A short confidential questionnaire tells you whether the service is a fit before you pay for anything. LeafLine sees adults aged 18 and over.

  2. Book video or telephone

    Video works on a phone, tablet or computer with a camera. If video is not workable on the day, a telephone consultation is available instead. Support and bookings run 9am to 7pm local time during standard time.

  3. What to have ready

    Have a list of your current medications and doses, any recent letters, results or discharge summaries, your Medicare card if you have one, and your home address, which goes on any prescription. Take the call somewhere private: a parked car works, an open-plan office does not.

  4. After the consultation

    If your Clinician decides a treatment is appropriate, they apply for the approvals it needs in their own name: the TGA's Special Access Scheme Category B approval where the medicine is not on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods, plus any VIC approval described above. Nothing is prescribed until those are granted. Reviews afterwards run by video or telephone in the same way.

Wodonga's Primary Health Network

Wodonga falls within Murray PHN. Primary Health Networks are independent organisations funded by the Australian Government to plan and commission primary health care in their regions. They do not hold consultations themselves, and LeafLine Clinic is not part of, funded by or endorsed by any of them.

A PHN's website is a sensible place to look for the GPs, pharmacies and community services in your area, which matter alongside any telehealth care.

Next steps from Wodonga

Nearby town pages

Questions from Wodonga

Can I see a Clinician by telehealth in Wodonga?

Yes, by video or telephone from wherever you are in Wodonga. LeafLine Clinic's Clinicians are AHPRA-registered, there is no referral requirement, and a confidential eligibility questionnaire comes before any booking.

Which rules apply to a patient in Wodonga?

The Victorian rules, because state and territory law sets the approval and monitoring layer. The VIC approval position is: Department of Health permit where there is a history of drug dependence. Your Clinician also checks SafeScript before prescribing. Wodonga is in Victoria and Albury is in New South Wales, so the rules on this page are the Victorian ones. A patient who lives in Albury is under the New South Wales rules, which the Albury page sets out.

What hours can I reach LeafLine from Wodonga?

Support and bookings run 9am to 7pm Melbourne time, seven days a week, which is 9am to 7pm local time during standard time. During daylight saving, Victorian local times sit one hour ahead of AEST.

Do I need to travel from Wodonga at any point?

No. LeafLine Clinic has no consulting rooms, so every consultation and review is held by video or telephone wherever you are in Victoria. For reference, Wodonga is about 310 kilometres by road from Melbourne.

Sources for this page

General information, not medical or legal advice. Anything specific to your own care belongs in a consultation.

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