Who We are?

Sexual Harassment Australia is a branch of A Whole New Approach Pty Ltd is considered Australia’s leading workplace representatives and advisors; that has represented employees throughout all states of Australia since 2004 (10,000 plus claims).

At the time of inception, Gary Pinchen, the Nobel Laureate-inspired principal who is passionate about employee rights for all Australians (whom has three daughters of his own) was getting more and more distressed by the level of sexual harassment and related enquiries throughout Australia, and the decision was made to start representing employees at various Australian state and federal bodies. Our advocacy movement was formed ahead of its’ time and way before the worldwide ‘me too’ movement.

Many women who have been victims of sexual harassment suffer in silence, and the majority of sexual harassment claims also settle on a confidential basis. Why is this? … It’s commonly due to the majority of victims wanting to just ‘move on’ in their lives and to heal from the incident, in addition to, of course rightly seeking justice and compensation for their suffering.  Some people are, however, unable to choose this course of action due to a myriad of reasons, so we decided to take care of these particular women and to get them the justice that they deserve.

Sexual harassment in Australian workplaces has changed dramatically since our inception almost. Specifically, the workplace culture in 2004 consisted of mostly males throughout various levels of management, who ‘would just try it on’ with their female employees. Many women during this time have experienced the immense pressure of needing to have sex with fellow colleagues just to keep their jobs/overtime/promotions and pay increases.

Now the workplace environment is more covert; males act in a more predatory manner. The way I put it, Lions in the jungle don’t stalk, attack the biggest wildebeest, and the biggest Cape Horn buffalo.

They look for the one separated from the herd, the one limping along, the mother caring for its calf.

Males do this in the workplace, grooming young women who need a job, who just want to fit in, who are impressed by the bosses status and wealth, and who are women who are victims of domestic violence who do not have the energy to push back.

Recently separated, divorced, or widowed women. Women from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, I know the postcodes around Australia where women come from who get sexually harassed.

Claims we lodge now need to be more sophisticated and more detailed; you need to make your case, not just send a few facts online to an equal opportunity and let them sort it out.

The biggest difficulty I currently see is that women that make contact on our website and phone calls make legitimate enquiries; very few over the years pursue the claims. It’s, of course, their right not to.

But there is distinct trend in my view,

Even in 2025, most women know they have rights, that women do not feel empowered enough that you can take on larger companies, wealthy individuals, and others will believe them.

In my submission, it’s no longer about education and rights; it’s about empowerment. Advances have to be made; this all has to be done with the encouragement of veracious claims