AJA stemmed from a group of journalists wanting a similar offering to the Nurses' Professional Association and Queensland (NPAQ). The old political unions they were formerly with had overly partisan pro-ALP websites and newsletters that expressed their ‘opinion’. Whether their opinion was right or wrong is irrelevant, and not the issue.

As the polls and frequently rotating door of the premiers and prime ministers office displays, people have different political opinions. The journalist's frustration was that an organisation which existed as their only option for Professional Indemnity Insurance, support and protection were happy to take their membership money to battle for political causes which quite possibly at least half of their members disagree with.