A comprehensive strategy needed to tell the rest of the world about our scientific and technological advances, says&nbsp;Wilson da Silva.EVERYONE agrees science is a good thing, that innovation is important to the economy. But when it comes to…

OPINION | Australia suffers from innovation illiteracy

By WILSON da SILVA&nbsp;The surprising intervention of South Africa’s President Nelson Mandela in the issue of East Timor had the tacit approval of Indonesia’s President Suharto, Timorese independence activist José Ramos Horta said.Mr Ramos Horta,…

WORLD | Mandela’s move ‘has Suharto’s approval’

By WILSON da SILVAGerman scientists, concerned about the possible effect on Australian wildlife of the rabbit calicivirus, are said to have rejected a CSIRO request to have samples exported to Australia.The CSIRO went on to obtain from another source…

NEWS | Germans rejected CSIRO call for rabbit virus: scientist

By WILSON da SILVATwo Timorese men who say they witnessed the killing of Australian journalist Roger East in the East Timor capital of Dili 20 years ago have said they are prepared to give evidence to a Federal Government inquiry announced on…

NEWS | We saw journalist shot: Timorese men

WILSON da SILVA was one of six foreigners expelled from East Timor last Thursday as Indonesia closed the territory to outsiders. He had travelled to East Timor to commemorate yesterday’s anniversary of the 1991 Dili massacre. Here he recounts the…

WORLD | Foreigners visit to pray but see repression, intimidation

THE CANBERRA TIMESFew recognise that Paul Allen helped co-found the software giant alongside Bill Gates, as WILSON da SILVA reports.PAUL ALLEN once said he would be happy to call it quits after he made a million dollars.Twenty years after he…

BUSINESS | The other name behind Microsoft

By WILSON da SILVAThe Catholic Bishop of East Timor and supporter of Timorese self rule, Carlos Belo, appears favoured to win the 1995 Nobel Peace Prize, a move that would heighten pressure on Indonesia’s disputed rule of the territory.Newspapers in…

WORLD | Nobel prize for Belo would lift profile of Timor issue: analysts

By Wilson da SilvaIT’S NOT your average publishing house. And its owners are not your average publishing types either. Yet Lonely Planet is one of the most successful stories of the Australian publishing industry, growing from a backyard concern in…

FEATURE | Have Planet, Will Travel

THE CANBERRA TIMES&nbsp;| SUNDAY FEATURESSunday 2 July 1995, page 17The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence., Wilson da Silva finds.IN A SMALL restaurant in rural Parkes last week, a happy crowd of Australians and Americans ate, drank and…

FEATURE |  A Cooee in the Cosmos

Father Michael Kelly, about to launch the Catholic Church into pay-TV, talks of his plans to WILSON da SILVA.HE IS a balding fortysomething who doesn’t like wearing ties. He has seriously considered leaving the priesthood on at least two occasions.…

FEATURE | God's press secretary

THE CANBERRA TIMESEbola is not the only bug worrying scientists, says WILSON da SILVAANXIOUS SCIENTISTS in protective bubble suits. A doomsday virus spreading rapidly, its victims bleeding through the eyes while their organs turn to mush.It may sound…

FEATURE | Cocktail of new viruses emerges

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