Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Public Interest Research Group (Qld.)
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Description area
Dates of existence
History
Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) (1972-).
Objectives - To carry out group research into issues of social relevance.
Publicists - Jim Alexander, Lindsay Bowden, David Crawford, John Edwards, Dale Gourlay, Robert Holt, Con Lucas, Jock MacLeod, Michael McRobbie, Noel Nunan.
Notes: The formation of PIRG was preceded by an earlier grouping which in 1971-1972 undertook research on pollution in Queensland and an extended group which formed the Brisbane Nader Committee in 1972.