Established in 1929, AQ: Australian Quarterly is Australia's longest-running current affairs magazine. It contains articles on political, economic and social affairs in particular where scientific insight is relevant to Australian public affairs.
AQ is published four times per year and is directed towards the informed general public, from university professors and policy makers to high school students. Contributors come from a diverse range of political and cultural perspectives, and have included prominent Australian public affairs commentators, Julian Burnside QC, Rt Hon Malcolm Fraser, Paul Kelly, Prof Peter Doherty AC, Prof Clive Hamilton, Prof Allan Fels, Natasha Stott-Despoja, Rev Tim Costello AO, Prof John Quiggin, Eva Cox, Prof Catharine Lumby, Prof Michael Pusey, Gareth Evans AO QC, Prof Don Aitkin AO, Kate Carnell AO, John Faulkner, Jeff Shaw, Michelle Grattan AO, Joseph Lyons, Humphrey McQueen, HV Evatt, HC Coombs, Sir Robert Menzies KT AK CH QC, Rt Hon John Curtin, Jim Spiegelman, Gough Whitlam AC QC and Prof Noam Chomsky.