Australian Quarterly is Australia's longest running political science journal, established in 1929.

Its original focus on science policy quickly broadened to encompass a wide range of political, economic, and social issues.

In the latter part of 1997 it switched to a magazine format, changed its name to AQ: Journal of Contemporary Analysis, and began appearing bimonthly.

In 2006 it changed its name again to AQ: Australian Quarterly, which it remains; it continues to appear bimonthly.

It is a core journal in the Worldwide Political Science Abstracts database, and issues more than three years old are available online through JSTOR.