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- 1 2 3 Official biography on the website of the National Parliament of Solomon Islands
- ↑ "2010 National Elections Final Results", Solomon Times, 16 August 2010
- ↑ "Veteran Politician Loses Seat", Solomon Times, 7 August 2010
- ↑ "Abana is new Opposition leader" Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine , Solomon Star, 1 September 2010
- ↑ "Solomon Islands' PM stronger after opposition walkouts" Archived March 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine , ABC Radio Australia, 7 April 2011
- ↑ "Govt builds numbers" Archived 2012-03-19 at the Wayback Machine , Solomon Star, 7 April 2011
- ↑ New Cabinet Ministers Sworn in, Solomon Times, 19 April 2011.
- ↑ "Ministers axed: Replacement sworn in" Archived 2012-04-02 at the Wayback Machine , Solomon Star, 19 April 2011
- ↑ "Ten locals complete gender course at Flinders University", Island Sun, 14 October 2011
- ↑ "Two new ministers take their oath" Archived 2012-02-01 at the Wayback Machine , Solomon Star, 29 October 2011
- ↑ "Solomons Minister Denies Being Coerced To Issue Logging Licenses", Solomon Star, 31 July 2012
- ↑ "MP’s wife gets $200,000 from tourism funds" Archived 2013-02-16 at archive.today , Solomon Star, 15 November 2012