Innovative Research Universities Australia (IRU Australia) is a group of six Australian research-intensive universities, including:

• Macquarie University, Sydney (founded 1964)
• The University of Newcastle (1965)
• Flinders University, Adelaide (1966)
• La Trobe University, Melbourne (1967)
• Griffith University, Brisbane (1971)
• Murdoch University, Perth (1973)

IRU Australia is also known as "Group of Six" (cf. Group of Eight)

IRU Australia website (http://www.irua.edu.au)