Last week Rork Projects attended Yalari’s annual Brisbane dinner to celebrate the achievements of the many students that Yalari supports. Through Rork Projects’ Wa Initiative, we have partnered with Yalari – a not-for-profit organisation offering secondary education scholarships to Indigenous children at leading Australian boarding schools. One of these students is Nevaeh, who through the Wa Initiative, is supported to attend Clayfield …
Canberra Raiders Corporate Networking
Our team in Canberra held a fabulous a Corporate Partners Networking Event in collaboration with the Canberra Raiders last week. The event discussed how we can provide pathways for Indigenous students in the building and construction industry. We heard from Jefferson Taylor from the NRL School to Work Program, and our Canberra Business Development Manager Kristy Xerri. Rork Projects has …
Reconciliation Series 2022
What a whirlwind few weeks for our annual Reconciliation Series with the Property Council Australia, now in its second year. Across four states in two months we held breakfasts, lunches, and cocktail events; spotlighting a panel of state-based industry experts. The truth telling and insight brought to the table across the board was instrumental in starting conversations that can facilitate …
Wa Initiative Wins
For the second consecutive year, Rork Projects has proudly partnered with the Canberra Raiders 50/50 Charity to raise funds for our Wa Initiative. The Wa Initiative supports Indigenous foundations and not-for-profit organisations in their work in offering quality, secondary education scholarships at leading Australian boarding schools for Indigenous children from regional, rural and remote communities. The 50-50 Charity Raffle is a not-for-profit …
Rork Projects x Brisbane Bullets – Indigenous Round 2022
Last Saturday, the Brisbane Bullets took on the Perth Wildcats at home in the Armery for the third and final game of the Indigenous Round, sponsored by Rork Projects. Rork Projects Co-Owners, Brian O’Rourke and John Janke, gave the team a pre-game ‘Pep Talk’ about the importance of this round, the jerseys they are wearing, and the people they are …
Welcome to Indigenous Business Month
October is celebrated as Indigenous Business month. Indigenous Business Month was established back in 2015 as a way of promoting First Nations’ business as a vehicle towards self-determination, a way of providing positive role models for Indigenous Australians, and improving quality of life in Indigenous communities. Indigenous individuals, businesses and organisations make significant contributions to the Australian economy every day. …
A Perfect Outcome
As an Indigenous company we value working with businesses that share similar values to ours. Finding opportunities to reduce, reuse and recycle materials through our projects is important to us at Rork Projects, and we are really excited to be partnering with environmental innovators Perfect Contracting on our project in Marsfield, Sydney. The project involves demolishing a three-storey office tower …
Contemporary Indigenous Artwork at Tuggeranong
Rork Projects were recently engaged by ACT Government TCCS to design and construct the new toilet block at Tuggeranong Lake, with the new toilets to provide service for the existing bike training park, indigenous meeting ground, BBQ area and pedestrian path. The toilets were designed with the intent that the new toilet block would not impede the views of the lake and …
PCA Reconciliation Series
Thank you to everyone who attended last weeks incredible event with the Property Council Victoria. We are so proud to have been able to partner with you to deliver this event, a wonderful finish to this new event series. Reconciliation is a journey that we need to keep walking together, every day of the year. Thank you to our speakers Jeremy Loeliger, Penelope …
From standing alone to standing together
By John Paul Janke I’ve always had a special connection to NAIDOC Week; it holds such special memories for me. In the 1970s, I remember gatherings and street marches in Cairns with my family and when we moved to Canberra in the late 1970s – attending many community and public events across National Capital. Back then, NAIDOC had just expanded …