“Corporal punishment” is defined as any deliberate action taken with the intention of causing physical pain or discomfort. In Victoria, the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 (Vic) bans corporal punishment in both government and non-government schools.
Even where corporal punishment is allowed, teachers may administer it only if parents are aware that it is part of the schools’ discipline policy and they do not object to its use.
Note that – immediately after talking about the ban, the very next sentence talks about the cases where it is still allowed.
That’s also why there is still a whole paragraph later in the article further summarising the exceptional cases: