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From the Act:
S42(5) Damage to common property
(1) An owner or occupier of a lot must not mark, paint, drive nails or screws or the like into, or otherwise damage or deface, any structure that forms part of the common property without the approval in writing of the owners corporation.
This explicitly includes paint, but does not differentiate between CP that is with a lot, and other CP. Surely all CP within a lot, with the exception of pipes, electrical cables or other items which affect other lots or the integrity of the building, should be exempt.
If it is accepted that you can paint the internal surfaces of your CP walls, then why not allow any alteration to internal CP, that does not affect others lots or the CP as a whole? The Act requires amendment.