| Qantas (n) | Australian airline "Queensland and Northern Territories Aerial Service" |
| Qnsld. (n) | abbreviation for Queensland |
| quango (n) | Quasi Autonomous Non-Governmental Organization A semi-official regulatory board with actual power. |
| quaver (n) | eighth note (music) |
| Queens Council, Q.C. (n) | senior barrister (courtroom lawyer) |
| Question Time (n) | public session in Parliament where members question each other This is where it all comes out in government: the good, the bad, and the ugly. |
| queue (n) (v) | the line to enter something, to line up "We got in the queue for the movie." |
| quid (n) | slang for a pound (Aussie currency up to the 1960s) "I made a good quid off that game." |
| quids | something you feel strongly about "I wouldn't move for quids!" |
| quokka (n) | small marsupial the size of a soccer ball, indigenous to an island off Perth |