Congratulations HDA Orator 2025 - Leah Bromfield
Congratulations to Professor Leah Bromfield who was presented with the Healthy Development Adelaide Award for 2025 at last night’s 21st annual Healthy Development Adelaide Oration on Have we got it wrong? The public health approach and child protection.
Leah’s presentation was an inciteful and informative discussion on the application – and misapplication – of the public health approach, and practical ways forward to realise the intent of a transformed approach to child protection.
Leah is Director of the Australian Centre for Child Protection, University of South Australia and an internationally recognised leader in the field of child abuse and neglect, child sexual abuse and issues affecting child protection systems. The impacts of her research have been profound with lasting national and international changes to law, policy, and practice. Leah has also been deservedly recognised as the 2025 Australian of the Year for South Australia.
The HDA Oration recording can be viewed here: