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Rork Projects: Realise your opportunities and follow your dreams

20 April 2021
Jobs, Land and Economy
A huddled group of staff in Yarrabah, covered in Indigenous paint, standing with their hands in the air. Some staff are holding Indigenous instruments.

In 2020, Rork Projects won the Employer of Choice Award at the Australian Business Awards for the second year in a row.

Rork Projects has won the Employer of Choice Award at the Australian Business Awards for the second year in a row.

Started as a family business more than 20 years ago, Rork has undertaken many major projects including the recent City Walk revitalisation in Canberra and the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal in Parramatta.

Co-owner, John Janke who is Wuthathi from Cape York Peninsula and Meriam from Murray (Mer) Island in the Torres Strait has credited his staff for the success of his business, and is now looking to the future with projects underway all over Australia.