that program began last year and rosemary wiebe was the first to sign up. photography teacher at a sydney boys school, photos reveal her greatest love. family. when her brother simon learned he needed a kidney, she was delighted she proved a match. >> last year, he had three operations and they were quite hard. to see the suffering the whole time, i just thought, if i can do something. >> good to see you. thank you for coming. how are you going with the pain? >> i'm getting much better. >> but it took time to recuperate from surgery and rosemary was thankful her time off was paid. she received just every $600 a week for six weeks. her employer was reimbursed by the federal government. >> so i didn't have to worry that i'm using sick pay that i had saved up, or using something that i don't have. >> that's a pretty good kidney. working very well. that was good of your sister, wasn't it? >> initial signs suggest the new program is encouraging more people to be living donors, helping more people like simon. >> what's it like to feel like somebody saved your lif