rrala (strong) connections is a progressive specialist in safety, health and environmental risk, community engagement and strategic governance and is the culmination of a life journey. The founder Mark Harriss is an active aboriginal community member, a knowledge communicator and is a descendant of the tyerelore and holds his culture as sacred but not secret.

rrala connections was born out of a need to continue the path of understanding and community engagement and increased connectedness, merging western science with our traditional methods of caring for country and people, while empowering pakana (aboriginal people) to provide guidance and tutorship in how government, industry, corporations and land holders operate and live sustainably while enjoying modern philosophical views of life and business.

Mark holds a depth of experience across multiple industries domestically and internationally. Mark has held senior executive positions, has a trade background, is degree qualified and is a specialist in driving pragmatic and sustainable solutions.

The aspiration of rrala connections is to fuse modern thoughts and scientific method with the lasting and ancient knowledge of our aboriginal ancestors and lore that governs the custodianship, kinship and care of everything that sustains us as people.