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Moving into the field of community development from a health background, Jamie has worked alongside Yolngu and Bininj through radio, community education, training, research and cross-cultural education across a wide array of topics from health and beyond. A fluent speaker of Yolngu Matha, Jamie played a key role in the Covid response across East Arnhem Land and has emerged as a leader in community development and cross-cultural facilitation across the region, hosting countless of hours of radio shows and leading ARDS renowned cultural competency training workshops.