NSW
The Crimes Amendment Act 2001 (NSW) introduced an amendment specifying that physical punishment by a parent should not harm a child more than briefly and specifies the parts of a child’s body that can be subject to force. This amendment to the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) did not entirely remove parental capacity for corporal punishment nor explicitly ban the use of physical force towards children, but it did introduce strict guidelines on what is acceptable.
Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) s61AA:
QLD
The Criminal Code Act 1899 (Qld) states that:
it is lawful for a parent or a person in the place of a parent … to use, by way of correction, discipline, management or control, towards a child or pupil, under the person’s care, such force that is reasonable under the circumstances.
It therefore remains lawful for a parent to physically punish/correct their child.
Criminal Code Act 1899 (Qld) s280: