Insight - Season 12 / Year 2017

Insight - Season 12 / Year 2017

Season 12 / Year 2017

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Datesfévr. 28, 2017 - nov. 21, 2017
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Episodes

Game Changers
Year 2017Episode 360 min

Game Changers

févr. 28, 2017
The Family Business
Year 2017Episode 760 min

The Family Business

mars 28, 2017
How is the dowry custom evolving in Australia?
Year 2017Episode 1260 min

How is the dowry custom evolving in Australia?

Dowry practices are alive and well in Australia, not only in sections of the Indian community, but dowry or bride price is widespread amongst the African and Islamic communities too.

In Melbourne, South Sudanese man Chol Goch was proud to negotiate and pay a high price for his new wife Ajah Wuoi. Ajah grew up expecting a dowry and felt more respected by her community after she recently brought in the price of $70,000.

Salpha Dut, from the same community, has been working 11 hours a day, seven days a week for the past three years in Hobart to save up for his wife who is waiting for him to afford the dowry of 250 cows before her family will let her move to Australia. Despite the hardship, Salpha doesn't have a problem with paying for a wife.

But not everyone within the community is happy to accept the traditional way of doing things without challenging it. South Sudanese lawyer Nyadol Nyuon is against dowry and says it promotes gender imbalance. She'd like to see it abolished but she recently married and accepted her husband paying a large price for her to keep her family happy. She says this highlights the cultural clash within new communities in Australia as they negotiate old traditions in a new setting.

In Sydney, Sheron Sultan, a model from a South African background, asked her Austrian boyfriend Nick Toth to pay lobola, the bride price, as she wanted to uphold her culture and keep her ancestors and family happy. But the couple struggled with the concept of paying for a wife until they interpreted the tradition in a new way to make it their own.

Similarly in Brisbane, Naseema Mustapha personalised her Islamic dowry by requesting her husband-to-be Mohamed to buy and slaughter a goat to cook it and feed the poor. And we hear from a young Indian woman in Melbourne, Roopa, who describes how the dowry custom destroyed her arranged marriage.

This week on Insight we examine the future of dowry in Australia and hear the stories of new communities struggling with old traditions.

mai 2, 2017
How is mental illness managed in the workplace?
Year 2017Episode 1360 min

How is mental illness managed in the workplace?

Navigating the workplace with a mental illness can be challenging.

Do you tell your boss about an illness? If you do, how will they react? And, what happens if your mental illness might affect your ability to do the job?

Dave Westgate was hesitant to tell his boss out of concern his corporate career would be killed with kindness.

His feared reaction: "We won't put Dave on the next big pitch or whatever because it might be too much pressure for him."

For Carol Scherret, choosing to disclose her mental illness hasn't always helped her in the workplace.

"I'm either asked to leave, I leave because I'm sick … and some places have taken the opportunity when I'm off sick to restructure and then sort of say … 'there's no job for you anymore'."

John McCormack, a NSW paramedic, says he worried about his decision-making at work when he was struggling with a mental illness: "When I was at my worst, I would get complaints that I was rude and abrupt."

Mental illness can be difficult territory for employers too.

For small business owners like Alex Colls, the adjustments required to support people with a mental illness can negatively impact the bottom line.

"Absenteeism … crept up to about 50 per cent which hurt such a small team on such a regular basis."

And for others, like Andrew Campbell, it's about ensuring that employees in the construction industry are well enough to stay safe on the job.

"Because our industry is so high risk, you know, the last thing we want is someone that's not doing well that day and going to a high risk job and die because of it."

The prevalence of Australians living with a mental illness means that this is an issue that both employees and employers are increasingly dealing with.

An employee's mental health impacts business profit too. It's estimated that mental health conditions cost Australian workplaces $10.9 billion dollars each year. And for approximately every $1 a workplace spends on mental health, they'll see a $2.30 return on the investment.

This week Insight hears from employees and employers about how mental illness is being managed in the workplace. And asks, how can it be better managed?

mai 9, 2017
How would you react in an emergency?
Year 2017Episode 1460 min

How would you react in an emergency?

mai 16, 2017
Episode 15
Year 2017Episode 1560 min

Episode 15

mai 23, 2017
Episode 16
Year 2017Episode 1660 min

Episode 16

mai 30, 2017
Gut Feeling
Year 2017Episode 1760 min

Gut Feeling

juin 7, 2017
The Health Obsession
Year 2017Episode 2960 min

The Health Obsession

What happens when trying to be healthy becomes unhealthy? This week on Insight, we hear from people whose healthy habits have strayed into the dangerous territory of disordered eating. At what point did they tip over into being unhealthy? And how have they dealt with it?

sept. 5, 2017
Unresolved
Year 2017Episode 3060 min

Unresolved

Australia has around 1,800 long-term missing people. For their families and loved ones, the ambiguity surrounding their fate can be a living nightmare. This week on Insight: living with the unknown when someone you love goes missing.

sept. 12, 2017
Bouncing Back
Year 2017Episode 3160 min

Bouncing Back

Failure – we fret it, we shun it, and we question ourselves whenever it happens. This week on Insight: How do you rebound from failure?

sept. 19, 2017
Older Parents
Year 2017Episode 3260 min

Older Parents

How old is too old to have a child?

sept. 26, 2017
On Trial
Year 2017Episode 3360 min

On Trial

What is the impact of working on criminal trials?

oct. 3, 2017
Wine O'clock
Year 2017Episode 3460 min

Wine O'clock

Why are women over 40 drinking more?

oct. 10, 2017
The Late Shift
Year 2017Episode 3560 min

The Late Shift

Are we entering the age of no retirement?

oct. 17, 2017
Sexual Harassment
Year 2017Episode 3660 min

Sexual Harassment

Where do women draw the line on sexual harassment in the workplace?

oct. 24, 2017
Stepkids
Year 2017Episode 3760 min

Stepkids

What's it like growing up in a stepfamily?

oct. 31, 2017
Intersex
Year 2017Episode 3860 min

Intersex

Insight finds out how Intersex people navigate life and the medical system.

nov. 7, 2017
Tick Sick
Year 2017Episode 3960 min

Tick Sick

How sick can you get from a tick?

nov. 14, 2017
Pushing the Limits
Year 2017Episode 4060 min

Pushing the Limits

Insight explores what drives people to push their physical limits? What are the consequences?

nov. 21, 2017

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