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27 February 2008
Performers on show in Solomons

A group of Australian entertainers put on a show for the local Solomon Island population around Honiara. Entertainers included country music icon John Williamson, singer/songwriter Ami Williamson, country music artist Nicki Gillis, musician Jed Zarb and TV presenter Mike Goldman and MC Tanya Arlidge.

Operation ANODE is the name of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) contribution to the Australian-led Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI). RAMSI's assistance is known as Operation HELPEM FREN (Pidgin English for 'Helping Friend'). RAMSI's mission is to assist the Solomon Islands Government in restoring law and order, economic governance, and improving the machinery of government.

The military component of RAMSI is made up of personnel from four troop contributing nations. They are: Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Tonga. The main task for the military component is to provide security for RAMSI's multi-national participating police force.