Education Amendment Act 1999 (Tas)
VIC
Corporal punishment was banned in government schools in 1985. It was banned in non-government schools in 2006 following the enactment of the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 (Vic).
Education and Training Reform Act 2006 (Vic) s2.4.60 & s4.3.1(6)(a).
WA
Corporal punishment was banned in government schools in Western Australia under the School Education Act 1999 (WA). The School Education Regulations 2000 state that a student at a government school is not to be disciplined by way of corporal punishment. Regulations banning corporal punishment do not extend to non-government schools.
School Education Regulations 2000 (WA) s40(2).