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Stalking Awareness Day Australia, 24 May

Stalking Awareness Day Australia (SADA) was launched in the Victorian Parliament in March 2024. It is an annual day of recognition for the victims and survivors of stalking. SADA is committed to raising awareness of the harmful effects stalking has on the lives of its victims and families. And strives to educate and provide the community with resources and support.

Stalking is a Crime.

Stalking is behaviour through which someone imposes themselves into another person’s life in a way which causes distress, fear, and disruption.

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics:

  • An estimated 2.7 million people aged 18 years and over (14%) have experienced stalking since the age of 15.
  • About 2 million of these people are women accounting for 20 per cent, or one in five
  • Women are stalked three times more often than men.
  • Stalking perpetrators can be anyone, including members of your family, neighbours, acquaintances, work colleagues, or even complete strangers.
  • Many well known serious crimes have occurred because of escalating behaviour by stalkers.

Source: Personal Safety, Australia, 2021-22 financial year | Australian Bureau of Statistics (abs.gov.au)

SADA was established by Di McDonald to empower and educate people who are stalked.