It is published by Wiley on behalf of AJA Inc, which represents the Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine, COTA Australia and the Australian Association of Gerontology and the editor-in-chief is Mark Hughes (Southern Cross University).

The journal offers an annual Australasian Journal on Ageing Book Award for authors in the Asia-Pacific region.

[1] In 1994, COTA formed a journal management committee which included representatives from the Australian Society of Geriatric Medicine and the Australian Association of Gerontology who were later joined by representatives from Aged & Community Services Australia (1998) and the Alzheimer's Association Australia.

[1] The journal obtained its current name in 1998 to promote a broader regional focus.

[1] In 2007, ownership of the journal was transferred to AJA Inc, with a management committee consisting of representatives from COTA, the Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine, the Australian Association of Gerontology, and Aged and Community Services Australia.