An Australian telehealth clinic
Telehealth clinic for Busselton, WA
Consultations by video or telephone for patients located in Busselton, with the WA rules, local hours and fees in one place.
Busselton by telehealth
46,023 people lived in the Busselton urban area at 30 June 2025 on the ABS's preliminary estimate, up from 41,909 in June 2021. Busselton is on Geographe Bay in Western Australia's South West. Patients there see a LeafLine Clinician by video or telephone, from home, from work, or from anywhere with reception.
The drive from Busselton to Perth is about 230 kilometres, which takes around 3 hours. A rooms appointment in Perth would be a day trip for one consultation.
What Western Australian law adds for patients in Busselton
Western Australia adds a Department of Health approval in defined situations that can reach an adult: a history of drug dependence, oversupply or a substance use disorder in the past five years; a history of psychosis or another psychiatric condition alongside the reason for treatment; and a daily dose above the Department’s published ceiling. Where one applies, the WA application goes in with the federal one and nothing is prescribed until both are granted.
WA Health says prescribers should check ScriptCheckWA, the state’s real-time prescription monitoring system, before prescribing, and asks for the result in any Department application.
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 Western Australia changing-clinics page covers what transfers and what does not.
Seeing a Clinician from Busselton
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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.
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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 7am to 5pm local time.
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What to have ready
Keep your Medicare card, your home address and a list of what you currently take, with doses, within reach. Letters or results from other practitioners help if you have them. A closed room or a parked car gives you the privacy the conversation needs.
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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 WA approval described above. Nothing is prescribed until those are granted. Reviews afterwards run by video or telephone in the same way.
Busselton's Primary Health Network
Busselton falls within Country WA PHN (WA Primary Health Alliance). The Australian Government funds 31 Primary Health Networks to plan and commission local primary care, such as after-hours and allied health services, without seeing patients themselves. LeafLine Clinic is independent of every PHN and receives no PHN funding.
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.
Questions from Busselton
Can I see a Clinician by telehealth in Busselton?
Yes. LeafLine Clinic consults with patients located in Busselton by secure video or telephone, with AHPRA-registered Clinicians. No referral is needed; the first step is a short, confidential eligibility questionnaire.
Which rules apply to a patient in Busselton?
The Western Australian rules, because state and territory law sets the approval and monitoring layer. The WA approval position is: Department of Health approval in defined situations. Your Clinician also checks ScriptCheckWA before prescribing.
What hours can I reach LeafLine from Busselton?
Support and bookings run 9am to 7pm Melbourne time, seven days a week, which is 7am to 5pm local time.
Do I need to travel from Busselton 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 Western Australia. For reference, Busselton is about 230 kilometres by road from Perth.
Sources for this page
- Population: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Regional population 2024-25, data cube 32180DS0004, Table 2 (Significant Urban Areas), released 31 March 2026, fetched 16 October 2026. June 2025 figures are preliminary.
- Primary Health Network boundaries: Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, and the PHNs’ own published catchments, checked 16 October 2026.
- Road distances and drive times: OSRM routing over OpenStreetMap data, computed 16 October 2026 and rounded. Real trips vary with route and conditions.
- WA rules: summarised from our Western Australia changing-clinics page, verified against state legislation and health department guidance in September 2026.
General information, not medical or legal advice. Anything specific to your own care belongs in a consultation.
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