Connor Webster

<b><i>SBS On Demand.</i></b> Rachel always knew she was adopted. She was told her mother gave her away because she was single and wanted Rachel to be raised by a family. &quot;I felt really lucky and privileged, and that it made me special,&quot; she told Insight. Her adoptive parents, on the advice of the adoption agency, read her information from a booklet provided by the agency that gave a few details about her birth mother. But when Rachel was 13, her adoptive father revealed something that…

<b> SBS On Demand</b> Gerry Geltch was in the passenger seat of a twin-engine plane when both engines conked out. The pilot froze and it quickly became a life-or-death situation. A pilot himself, with 34 years of flying experience, Gerry says a &apos;switch&apos; went off in his head. &quot;The airplane stalled and began falling out of the sky at 250 feet,&quot; Gerry told Insight. &quot;I just took over and grabbed the controls and did everything I could to minimise impact.&quot; He credits h…

As a child, Marianna would scribble letters to her Yiayia (grandmother) in her best Greek cursive. &#x201C;I was just learning to read and write both English and Greek at the time, they were very simple letters,&#x201D; she said. At 27, she&#x2019;s always yearned for days and ways that have long since passed. &#x201C;One of my great aunts had a rotary phone in her home. My partner was very gracious and bought me a replica.&quot; It&#x2019;s her penchant for nostalgia that&#x2019;s allowed her t…

<b><i>SBS On Demand</i></b> Umair Abdullah grew up in India, where he saw lots of his friends chasing status and wealth. &#x201C;That&apos;s what I thought should be the correct life,&quot; he said. As he got older, Umair noticed the house beginning to fill up with junk. &#x201C;My mum used to love clutter, had a lot of stuff and [kept] hoarding stuff,&quot; he told Insight. &#x201C;She was doing it like retail therapy, where it made her happy.&quot; Similarly, Vicky Andrews&#x2019; childhood ho…

Some Australians are replacing staff with artificial intelligence (AI) programs. But an AI expert says the future of employment is more about job changes than job losses or gains.

Traditional religious views, especially on sexuality, are increasingly being seen as at odds with modern society. Insight spoke to two women about their experiences.