The government has introduced the Treasury Laws Amendment (Business Registries Stabilisation and Uplift) Bill 2026 into the House of Representatives.

The Bill proposes amendments to the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and other legislation to strengthen the Director Identification Number (DIN) regime and link it to ASIC’s Companies Register.

If passed, the Bill will link the DIN to ASIC’s publicly available Companies Register. Companies will be required to provide each director’s DIN to ASIC as part of standard corporate registration and reporting practices, including applications for registration, notification of changes and annual reporting.

The Bill also allows directors to provide an alternative address in place of their usual residential address on ASIC documentation.

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Author: David Jacobson
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