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September 2001
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221-01 Red Rooster
Red Rooster - 1/2 chicken & chips
Dismissed 11/09/2001
July 2004
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165-04 Craft Décor Pty Ltd
Craft Décor - man in Nazi uniform complaining about low prices
Dismissed 13/07/2004
151-04 IKEA (WA)
IKEA WA Beds & Baths promo - couple in bed, husband arrvies home, man jumps out of bed looking for a hiding spot - opens a cupboard and finds another man hiding.
Dismissed 13/07/2004
July 1998
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78-98 KIA Automotive Australia
KIA - Credos - "Pauline Hanson."
Dismissed 14/07/1998
April 2000
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84-00 ThompsonConnect Worldwide
ThompsonConnect - 3 pictures, each with pierced and ringed body-part (ears, tongues, breasts)
Dismissed Print 11/04/2000
July 2005
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173-05 ABC Tissue Products Pty Ltd
ABC Tissues - Quilton toilet paper - "Love your Bum" Cupid shoots arrows at people's backsides
Dismissed 12/07/2005
April 1999
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91-99 Nintendo Australia Pty Limited
Nintendo - Pokemon Game Boy
Dismissed 13/04/1999
August 1999
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241-99 Simplot Aust Pty Ltd
Simplot - Leggo Stir Through Sauces - Italian-speaking Kate Fischer
Dismissed 10/08/1999
October 2002
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254-02 Holden Ltd
Holden - Zafira - baby and child in rear seat - child draws on baby's face with crayons.
Dismissed 08/10/2002
September 2004
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257-04 Albany Toyota
Albany Totota - various girls shown with cars - one girl wearing body stocking lying on bonnet
Dismissed 14/09/2004
June 2009
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266-09 Workout World
Workout World - TV shows woman using a treadmill wearing high heels.
Dismissed 24/06/2009
March 2001
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27-01 Energex Limited
Energex - man having cold shower then looking down on himself
Dismissed 13/03/2001
October 2000
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292-00 Dairy Farmers
Dairy Farmers - Oak - animated cartoon insects - worm
Dismissed 17/10/2000
September 2007
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306-07 Pro Group Pty Ltd
Pro Group - Kawasaki - motor cycle described as missile and weapon
Dismissed Radio 11/09/2007
February 2003
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312-02 Holden Ltd
Holden - Astra - cherry from bag of fruit floating in air inside car, moving between front and back seats in relation to movement of car
Dismissed 11/02/2003
October 2003
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315-03 Volvo Car Aust Pty Ltd
Volvo - car spraying mud.
Dismissed Print 14/10/2003
324-03 H J Heinz Co Australia Ltd
H J Heinz - Baked Beans/Spaghetti - 'Get Stuffed' / 'Stuff You'
Dismissed Outdoor 14/10/2003
December 2001
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330-01 Furniture One Co-op Ltd
Furniture One - Sleep Lab - forklift
Dismissed 11/12/2001
December 2000
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334-00 CPS Housewares Pty Ltd
CPS Housewares - Wiltshire Staysharp Knives
Dismissed 12/12/2000
November 1999
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349-99 Procter & Gamble Australia Pty Ltd
Procter & Gamble - Febreze
Dismissed 09/11/1999
November 2007
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352-07 Holden Ltd
Holden - Hummer (Transport) - front grille of Hummer and words "now get lost"
Dismissed Transport 13/11/2007
356-07 Nissan Motor Co (Aust) Pty Ltd
Nissan - Pathfinder - family and dog wearing metal rings round their necks, wrists, arms and ankles - young boy holding a native spear "For adventurous Familes"
Dismissed Outdoor 13/11/2007
March 2005
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36-05 McDonald's Aust Ltd
McDonald's - Royal Birth depicts a Royal in hospital giving birth, medical people aren't able to cope with the situation. McDonald's staff come in and 'save the day'
Dismissed 08/03/2005
November 2003
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363-03 Reckitt Benckiser (Aust) Pty Ltd
Reckitt Benckiser - Mortein Professional - man sprays without mask.
Dismissed 11/11/2003
375-03 Volvo Car Aust Pty Ltd
Volvo - child says 'Bloody Volvo driver'
Dismissed 11/11/2003
392-03 Cool Aqua Springs
Cool Aqua Springs - man carrying huge water bottle eyes girl, and bottle explodes
Dismissed 11/11/2003
December 1999
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382-99 Plant Liquidators
Plant Liquidators - 'frigging cheap'
Dismissed 07/12/1999
387-99 Arnott's Biscuits Ltd
Arnott's - Vita Wheat - Woman on swing.
Dismissed 07/12/1999
October 2008
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397-08 Puratap Pty Ltd
Puratap - your own body filters the chemicals in water if you don't have Puratap
Dismissed Radio 08/10/2008
February 2000
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422-99 McDonald's Aust Ltd
McDonald's - McOz Burger
Dismissed 08/02/2000
22-00 H J Heinz Co Australia Ltd
H J Heinz - Big Red Tomato Sauce - plastic bottle squirts noisily and dog farts
Dismissed 08/02/2000
November 2006
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434-06 McDonald's Aust Ltd
McDonald's - dietician in lab explains to young Macca's employees nutritional info on packaging - when they see two techs eating McDonald's and ask what they're testingshe replies "That's not a test - that's lunch".
Dismissed 14/11/2006
January 2009
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1-09 Major Oak Theatre Restaurant
Major Oak Theatre Restaurant - man in riding chaps with buttocks exposed and lipstick kiss on buttock cheek
Dismissed Transport 21/01/2009
547-08 Fish 'n Bits Bait & Tackle
Fish n Bits Bait & Tackle - People pig hunting in 4WD - dog chases down a wild pig
Dismissed 21/01/2009
October 2009
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474-09 Telstra Corporation Ltd
Telstra - (474/09)TV - cyber bully -'Brad' with green face mask tries to stop his partner 'Emma' posting photo to internet
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued 14/10/2009
December 2006
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483-06 IKEA
IKEA - woman getting receipt runs out of store shouting "start the car" - believing she's been undercharged and wanting a quick getaway before it's discovered
Dismissed 12/12/2006
October 1998
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178-98 Australian Dairy Corporation
Australian Dairy Corporation - Two women at cosmetics counter.
Dismissed 13/10/1998
September 1998
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128-98 Omnicall Aust
Omnicall Aust - phone sex
Dismissed 08/09/1998
January 2007
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527-06 York Motors
York Motors - Agostino Mitsubishi - "if sales staff don't give you a good deal, Mr Spanky will be used" - table tennis bat with Frank Agostino's face on it is pulled from a drawer
Dismissed 16/01/2007
June 2001
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131-01 Cerebos Foods
Cerebos - Fountain Squeezie Tomato Sauce - 'Burger' - girl squirts sauce in boy's mouth
Dismissed 12/06/2001
June 2002
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137-02 Snack Brands Australia
Snack Brands - CCs Corn Chips - sumo wrestlers - excited spectator rushes to ring and bites one on the shoulder "Taste something big"
Dismissed 11/06/2002
August 2001
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197-01 Novartis Consumer Health A/asia Pty Ltd
Novartis Consumer Health - Jarrah Just Add Water Hot Chocolate - nun
Dismissed 14/08/2001
December 2009
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576-09 Lexus Australia
Lexus 576/09 Internet ad. Images of Models of Lexus vehicles with fog lights on.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Internet 09/12/2009
March 1999
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59-99 Simplot Aust Pty Ltd
Simplot - Nanna's desserts - 'Two elderly women'
Dismissed 09/03/1999
June 2005
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154-05 Volkswagen Group Australia Pty Limited
Volkswagen - Touareg - 4WD - "For the left side of the brain" gives description of vehicle, "For the right side of the brain" shows picture of 4WD on a grassy slope of a mountain
Dismissed Print 14/06/2005
April 2003
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69-03 Mitsubishi Motors Aust Ltd
Mitsubishi - Outlander - group in car singing about being 'high'.
Dismissed 08/04/2003
71-03 Unilever Australasia
Unilever - Streets - Magnum - 'Sixties Nine' - three people in bed.
Dismissed 08/04/2003
74-03 North Coast Kawasaki
North Coast Kawasaki - incentive of 20 cases of beer.
Dismissed 08/04/2003
August 2005
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213-05 Fairfax Digital
Fairfax Digital - drive.com.au - woman under car, wearing evening dress and stilletos "Get to know a car that interests you.intimately"
Dismissed Outdoor 09/08/2005
June 2007
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157a-07 Nissan Motor Co (Aust) Pty Ltd
Nissan - Conga leisure - 4WD towing multiple vehicles from camping site
Dismissed Transport 25/06/2007

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