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| Ref# | Advertisement | Category | Determination | Date |
Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 281-04 | Holden Ltd Holden - Ute - ute engulfed in grey smoke and stormclouds with sounds of tyre burnouts, music "Highway To Hell", slogan "Power to burn" | Upheld - Modified or Discontinued | 09/11/2004 | ||
| 0299-11 | Good Vibrations Close up of a woman's spread legs, from the thighs to the shoes. There is a champagne bottle on the floor between the legs and as it pops a female voice over says, "It's coming". A male voice over then continues, "Good Vibrations adult erotica mega store". We see a hand clenching a white sheet and the words "Good Vibrations adult erotica mega store 1170 South Road, Clovelly Park" appear on screen. | Sex Industry | Upheld - Modified or Discontinued | 10/08/2011 | |
| 336-09 | Jungle Brolly Jungle Brolly TVC 336/09 shows people using the hand shield product and then puring acid etc on to their hands. | Upheld - Modified or Discontinued | 22/07/2009 | ||
| 0376-13 | Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation "Kid Bet" advert, portrays children betting on various sporting codes. | Community Awareness | Upheld - Modified or Discontinued | 13/11/2013 |
| Ref# | Advertisement | Category | Determination | Date |
Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 282-98 | Mainland Dairies Pty Ltd Mainland Dairies - Cheez Bodz- animated little boy | Dismissed | 09/02/1999 | ||
| 284-05 | Advanced Medical Institute AMI - Sniff n Stiff - two men in tuxedos standing behind grand piano - they drop pants and undies and start playing the piano with their penises - introduced by Max Rowley | Dismissed | 11/10/2005 | ||
| 286-02 | Goodman Fielder Baking Australia Goodman Fielder - Helga's Traditional Bakehouse - "Is the bread Helga's?" French waiter lifts top of sandwich. | Dismissed | 10/12/2002 | ||
| 287-09 | Vodafone Network Pty Ltd Vodafone 287/09 TV. "Free weekends" Girl spends the next day calling friends etc to find out what she did the night before. | Telecommunications | Dismissed | 24/06/2009 | |
| 289-03 | Volkswagen Group Australia Pty Limited Volkswagen - Bora - car being driven on race track - tagline 'surprisingly quick'. | Dismissed | 09/09/2003 | ||
| 0297-12 | A List Entertainment Advertisment shows a segment of Kitty's stand up show on stage as she delivers some of her show. The voiceover then provides the details about where the show is on and the date and other relevant information. | Entertainment | Dismissed | 25/07/2012 | |
| 292-99 | Gill & Co Pty Ltd Gill & Co - "Beautiful timber" | Retail | Dismissed | 14/09/1999 | |
| 294-08 | Fernwood Fitness Centres Aust Pty Ltd Fernwood Fitness - man hops off exercise bike leaving seat covered in sweat | Other | Dismissed | 13/08/2008 | |
| 296-01 | Simplot Aust Pty Ltd Simplot - Leggo Stir Through Sauces - Italian-speaking Kerri-Ann Kennerley | Dismissed | 13/11/2001 | ||
| 0304-13 | Bonds Industries Ltd Bonds lacy underwear, women dancing in underwear with umbrellas. | Lingerie | Dismissed | 11/09/2013 | |
| 299-05 | King Gee King Gee - Worn Gs - workers approach new apprentice, with feathers, honey, rubber chicken and a goat for initiation - then they see he's wearing "worn" shorts and ask where the new guy is | Clothing | Dismissed | 11/10/2005 | |
| 3-99 | Philips Electronics Aust Ltd Phillips Electronics - Dynamax portable stereo | Dismissed | 09/02/1999 | ||
| 300-03 | Nissan Motor Co (Aust) Pty Ltd Nissan - X Trail 4WD - vehicle being driven at speed over rocks, through water and on sand dunes. | Dismissed | 14/10/2003 | ||
| 0310-10 | AAMI A man is shown walking down a street past various car accident scenes. He is singing in to his mobile phone: "What about me?". He then goes on to sing about it not being fair that although he has never had an accident, insurance companies treat him the same as those who have had accidents. He then climbs on to to the top of an upturned car and sings louder, ending with "What about me?" to which an automated voice from his mobile phone can be heard answering, "I'm sorry. Did you say Wasabi?". A female voice over says, "At AAMI, you'll always speak to a real person." Then another female voice sings, "Lucky you're with AAMI." and the screen shows a female wearing a phone headset and the words, "aami.com.au 13 22 44 Car Home Business Travel" | Insurance | Dismissed | 14/07/2010 | |
| 0314-10 | Universal Music Aust Ltd Edits of Miley Cyrus’ “Can’t Be Tamed” video clip, with the voiceover highlighting the songs featured on the new album. The 30" TVC additionally highlights the concert DVD that's available on the deluxe version of the album. | Entertainment | Dismissed | 28/07/2010 | |
| 305-99 | Australian Bone Density Testing Centre Australian Bone Density Testing Centre - "Osteoporosis" | Dismissed | 14/09/1999 | ||
| 307-08 | Holden Ltd Holden - Astra - 'big where it counts' | Dismissed | 13/08/2008 | ||
| 309-01 | Geraldton Blinds and Curtains Geraldton Blinds and Curtains - peeping tom | Dismissed | 13/11/2001 | ||
| 311-06 | Hungry Jacks Hungry Jacks - Superman Returns - drink tumblers available for $2 with meals | Dismissed | 08/08/2006 | ||
| 314-08 | Bonds Industries Ltd Bonds - teenage boy with soccer ball removes his clothes while keeping the ball aloft then catches the ball inside his undies | Clothing | Dismissed | 10/09/2008 | |
| 316-03 | Volkswagen Group Australia Pty Limited Volkswagen - Bora - 'surprisingly quick' (print) | Dismissed | 14/10/2003 | ||
| 319-09 | Kellogg (Aust) Pty Ltd Kellogg - Nutrigrain - (319/09) TV young boy depicted running on farm pretending to surf on land in training for Cold Coast iron man (Brisbane)SEE FILE FOR FULL COMPLAINT TEXT | Food/Bev Groceries | Dismissed | 08/07/2009 | |
| 320-07 | Diageo Australia Ltd Diageo - Bundaberg Rum - (TV) - English/UK people singing why they think Australia is better,insults Queen and assumes the English care about the Wallabies and don't know the venue is in France | Alcohol | Dismissed | 09/10/2007 | |
| 322-00 | Taubmans Pty Ltd Taubmans - couple kssing while male painters hold hands | Dismissed | 14/11/2000 | ||
| 323-07 | Unisnack Pty Ltd Unisnack - Pitos - (1) couple bored with snacks simulate sexual positions (2) two couples swap partners | Food/Bev Groceries | Dismissed | 09/10/2007 | |
| 325-01 | Universal Music Aust Ltd Universal Music - Afroman - 'The Good Times' - 'Because I Got High' | Entertainment | Dismissed | 11/12/2001 | |
| 328-06 | Suncorp Suncorp - GIO - family car backing out of driveway into home next door - no indicator, or brake lights on trailer | Insurance | Dismissed | 12/09/2006 | |
| 33-04 | Nova 100 Nova 100 - assembly line - woman gets "yellow liquid" poured over head as she lefts it up for inspection | Media | Dismissed | 17/02/2004 | |
| 0349-11 | Lotteries NSW The advertisement called "Mr Knowledge", depicts a well-dressed male in a suit standing by a desk in an opulent setting, he has one hand on the desk and one on his hip. The camera moves closer to the man and after a short time the hand on is hip reaches down towards the lower half implying he is going to scratch it, however prior to reaching that area the screen cuts to a product shot of a $15 Black Edition ticket. The voice over cuts in saying “Why not enjoy a premium scratch, you could win a million dollars instantly. Instant Scratchies. Black Edition.” | Gambling | Dismissed | 14/09/2011 | |
| 333-03 | Holeproof Holeproof - Antz Pantz - three women and anteater. | Clothing | Dismissed | 14/10/2003 | |
| 0353-10 | Adam Internet The ad in question is one of four in a series that addresses the key problems often experienced by internet users. The ‘Internet’ is personified with a man wearing a top labelling him ‘Internet’. He is sitting with a lady on the couch and initially looks pleased to assist her with her internet activity which she asks him to perform. At which time the ‘Internet’ man in the t-shirt responds in an unstable manner and appears overwhelmed with the tasks being requested. It then cuts to voice over and image asking the viewer ‘Is your internet unstable?” ... just ask Adam. | Information Technology | Dismissed | 25/08/2010 | |
| 0355-12 | Sanofi Aventis We can see a young woman diving off a 5 metres ledge into a river. We then see bottles of Nature's Own fish oil supplements on the riverbank. At the end of the advertisement we can see her swimming in the river and the male voice-over says "Nature's Own, What does your body want?". | Health Products | Dismissed | 12/09/2012 | |
| 339-01 | Nissan Motor Co (Aust) Pty Ltd Nissan - X-Trail 4WD - croquet - 581 circular letters received | Dismissed | 11/12/2001 | ||
| 0361-10 | Police & Nurses Credit Society A female pump attendant at a service station is filling a Hummer with fuel and watching with disapproval as a fleet of Hummers drives past her on the highway, passing a sign which reads, "You are now leaving Western Australia". As she marches across to stand in the middle of the highway and thus force the Hummers to stop, a cook is watching from the cafe at the service station and a male voice over says, "More and more people are joining our stand." The cook exchanges a look with a male customer, and then as she walks passed his table he hands her the sugar container. The cook then goes outside and empties its contents in to the fuel tank of one of the Hummers. The voice over then says, "Switch to Police and Nurses now, a better way to bank." | Community Awareness | Dismissed | 25/08/2010 | |
| 345-05 | AAMI AAMI - child in car toddler seat uses remote control to raise & lower garage door which keeps hitting car bonnet as it comes down | Insurance | Dismissed | 13/12/2005 | |
| 352-04 | Eli Lilly Australia Pty Ltd Eli Lilly - Erectile Dysfunction - "95% of erection problems can be cured" - couple ballroom dancing, and others in romantic situations | Toiletries | Dismissed | 08/02/2005 | |
| 354-04 | Brumby's Bakeries Ltd Brumby's Bakeries - scene depicts various people at gospel-style worship service, minister, choir, nuns, negroes, singing "Give us this day our daily bread" - they then follow minister to Brumby's Bakery where he "breaks bread" and savours aroma | Dismissed | 08/04/2005 | ||
| 356-03 | Mitsubishi Motors Aust Ltd Mitsubishi - Magna AWD - vehicle travels at high speed, becomes airborne, does 4-wheel drifts and sudden turns. | Dismissed | 14/10/2003 | ||
| 0378-12 | McDonald's Aust Ltd A male voiceover describes McDonald’s new product: the Serious Lamb Taster. We see the ingredients of the Lamb Taster being compiled and the voiceover starts quoting from the nursery rhyme 'Mary had a little lamb': "For only $3 you can afford one for the master, one for the dame and one for the little boy who lives down the lane". | Other | Dismissed | 12/09/2012 | |
| 36-02 | Bonds Industries Ltd Bonds - Bras - Sarah O'Hare 'boasting' that ad is permitted on TV | Clothing | Dismissed | 12/02/2002 | |
| 0382-11 | Virbac Australia The advertisement in question is for Multimin injection for Cattle and depicts a singing cartoon bull, various cartoon cows and calves and features the closing line “who’s your daddy?” | Professional Services | Dismissed | 12/10/2011 | |
| 362-99 | Dairy Farmers Dairy Farmers - Dare - 'butt ugly' | Dismissed | 09/11/1999 | ||
| 0384-11 | Genea The advertisement is filmed in black and white and is accompanied by a musical score only. It shows short sequences of a woman and her partner at various stages of her labour and ends with the woman cradling her newborn child. | Professional Services | Dismissed | 12/10/2011 | |
| 368-03 | BHP Steel Ltd BHP Steel - Colorbond - couple kiss on driveway while looking at roof. | Dismissed | 11/11/2003 | ||
| 37-03 | Sancella Pty Ltd Sancella - Libra Tampons - man dangles tampons in front of kitten. | Toiletries | Dismissed | 11/03/2003 | |
| 372-99 | Uncle Ben's of Australia Uncle Ben's - Whiskas - Cat, Tom, is beneficial to dyspraxic child, Ruby | Other | Dismissed | 07/12/1999 |