OPINION | Australia suffers from innovation illiteracyA comprehensive strategy needed to tell the rest of the world about our scientific and technological advances, says Wilson da Silva.EVERYONE agrees science is a good thing, that innovation is important to the economy. But when it comes to… Aug 22 02August 22, 2002Article at Canberra Times
WORLD | Mandela’s move ‘has Suharto’s approval’By WILSON da SILVA 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,… Jul 28 97July 28, 1997Article at Canberra Times
NEWS | Germans rejected CSIRO call for rabbit virus: scientistBy 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… Dec 18 95December 18, 1995Article at Canberra Times
NEWS | We saw journalist shot: Timorese menBy 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… Dec 05 95December 05, 1995Article at Canberra Times
WORLD | Foreigners visit to pray but see repression, intimidationWILSON 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… Nov 13 95November 13, 1995Article at Canberra Times
BUSINESS | The other name behind MicrosoftTHE 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… Oct 19 95October 19, 1995Article at Canberra Times
WORLD | Nobel prize for Belo would lift profile of Timor issue: analystsBy 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… Oct 10 95October 10, 1995Article at Canberra Times
FEATURE | Have Planet, Will TravelBy 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… Jul 23 95July 23, 1995Article at Canberra Times
FEATURE | A Cooee in the CosmosTHE CANBERRA TIMES | SUNDAY FEATURESSunday 2 July 1995, page 17 The 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… Jul 02 95July 02, 1995Article at Canberra Times
FEATURE | God's press secretaryFather 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.… May 27 95May 27, 1995Article at Canberra Times
FEATURE | Cocktail of new viruses emergesTHE 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… May 16 95May 16, 1995Article at Canberra Times
