Updating your address with ASIC and the ABR is only half the job. The other half is making sure every client, supplier, and piece of customer-facing material actually reflects the change, since none of these update themselves.
Start with the official registrations
If you have a company, lodge the change with ASIC within 28 days of your registered office or principal place of business actually changing. Separately, update your ABN's business address with the ABR within the same 28-day window, since these are two different systems that do not sync with each other.
Then work through your public-facing material
Once the official registrations are sorted, update everything that displays your address publicly: your website footer, your invoice templates, your email signature, and your letterhead [Sprintlaw, sprintlaw.com.au]. Inconsistencies between your official registrations and what clients actually see create confusion and look careless, even when nothing is technically wrong.
Actually telling people, not just updating records
For active clients, particularly anyone with a recurring contract or an ongoing invoicing relationship, a direct notification is worth sending rather than relying on them to notice a changed footer or invoice line [Sprintlaw, sprintlaw.com.au]. This matters especially if your contracts include a formal notice clause specifying where legal correspondence should be sent, since an outdated address there can create genuine delivery problems if something formal needs to be served later.
A simple checklist for the move
Lodge the ASIC change, if applicable. Update the ABR. Update your business name registration, if you hold one. Update your website, invoices, and email signature. Notify active clients and key suppliers directly. Update your bank and any registered insurance details tied to the address.
Why this becomes less of a recurring task with a stable address
Every time you move house or change premises, this entire checklist needs repeating. A virtual address that does not change when your personal circumstances do means you only ever work through this list once, when you deliberately choose to change providers, rather than every time you move.
Space Penguin offers virtual addresses in Sydney and Melbourne from $20 per month plus GST, with no setup fee and no lock-in, designed to stay constant so you are not repeating this update process every time your personal living situation changes. Visit spacepenguin.io/virtual-address for current details.