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June 1999
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
148-99 Kawasaki Motors Pty Ltd
Kawasaki Motors- "Caravan in desert"
Dismissed 08/06/1999
157-99 Nestle Australia Ltd
Nestle - Kit Kat - Angel and devil each eat Kit Kat.
Dismissed 08/06/1999
April 1998
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24-98 Collins Foods Group Pty Ltd
Collins Foods Group - Sizzler - "Jesus - loaves and fishes scene"
Dismissed 14/04/1998
June 2003
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151-03 Kellogg (Aust) Pty Ltd
Kellogg - Coco Pops - 'Coco' fighting for Coco Pops World Cup - 'That cracks me up'.
Dismissed 10/06/2003
163-03 Freedom Furniture Ltd
Freedom Furniture - Song - 'We are nothing but mammals'.
Dismissed 10/06/2003
April 2007
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95-07 Castrol Lubricants
Castrol - GTX - cricketer Adam Gilcrist's car overtaken by Barmy Army cricket fans - shown as overweight and pale skinned and sunburnt and described as "mollecular intelligence"
Dismissed 10/04/2007
September 2005
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246-05 McDonald's Aust Ltd
McDonald's - Cajun Nuggets (snowdome) - people looking for water to drink after eating very spicy nuggets - drink liquid from a snowdome ornament
Dismissed 13/09/2005
258-05 Unilever Australasia
Unilever - Continental - Pasta Sauce - actress Mena Suvari at dinner is told by boyfirend she's intelligent and beautiful but they have to break up bcs he expects more now, with Continental Pasta Sauce - explains "it's not me, it's you"
Dismissed 13/09/2005
October 2002
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252-02 SPC Ardmona Operations Limited
SPC Ardmona - Spaghetti - young girl playing with doll says "wee wee wee" ; young boy hums "bum bum bum" - mother says 'I'll wash your mouth out';
Dismissed 08/10/2002
September 2004
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255-04 Kosciusko Thredbo Pty Ltd
Kosciusko Thredbo - man shakes dandruff from hair onto photos to remind him of snow
Dismissed 14/09/2004
June 2007
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169-07 McDonald's Aust Ltd
McDonald's - Happy Meals - cat/aliens - girl rescues cat from tree and aliens take her to McD, picking up father on the way
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued 12/06/2007
December 1998
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260-98 Tontine Bedding
Tontine Bedding - "Tontine Bioguard - pillow"
Dismissed 08/12/1998
November 2002
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264-02 The Oyster Bar
Oyster Bar (The) - Mead's Mosman Bay - picture of girl in bikini with 'freshly shucked' superimposed.
Dismissed Print 12/11/2002
August 2008
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276-08 Holden Ltd
Holden - Colorado - loaded vehicle driven in dangerous manner
Dismissed 13/08/2008
303-08 Advanced Medical Institute
AMI - couple in rocket - rocket can't 'get up'
Dismissed 13/08/2008
October 2005
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279-05 Tetley Australia Pty Ltd
Tetley - tea bags - woman catching elephant droppings then has cup of tea
Dismissed 11/10/2005
281-05 Tricon Restaurants International
Tricon - KFC - Wicked Burger Meal - man driving car while eating chicken
Dismissed 11/10/2005
October 2000
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293-00 Dairy Farmers
Dairy Farmers - Oak - animated cartoon insects - cockroach
Dismissed 17/10/2000
November 2005
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316-05 Golden Circle Ltd
Golden Circle - Original Juice - in Florida it's illegal to be intimate with a porcupine. Prostitute asks porcupine "how's business?"
Dismissed 08/11/2005
October 2003
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335-03 Nissan Motor Co (Aust) Pty Ltd
Nissan - Pulsar-TV- 'The pricing department hasn't done a bloody thing'
Dismissed 14/10/2003
February 2001
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363-00 John Danks & Son Pty Ltd
John Danks & Son's Home Hardware - helium gas
Dismissed 13/02/2001
November 2012
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0449-12 BCF
Two men on a fishing boat.
Dismissed 28/11/2012
October 2006
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402-06 Honda Australia Pty Ltd
Honda - Impossible Dream - man rides bikes and drives cars getting progressively faster as time goes by
Dismissed 10/10/2006
January 2012
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0490-11 Beach Burrito Company
Day of the dead graphics featuring a skeleton draped in a blue hooded cloak with its hands clasped as if in prayer and four smaller skeletons at its feet playing musical instruments. There are roses in the background and two bird like skulls. www.beachburritocompany.com.
Dismissed Print 18/01/2012
February 2010
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43-10 PZ Cussons Australia
PZ Cussons - Duo Ultra (43/10)TV. Child's drawing on tablecloth implies adultery
Dismissed 10/02/2010
January 2008
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451-07 Global One Mobile Entertainment
Global One - Mobile Active - Home Babe Auditions SMS PEEP to 1994 9999 - scantily clad women lying on top of each other on a bed, and a closeup of a small bikini with the wearer's fingers moving around in a sexual way
Dismissed 16/01/2008
October 2009
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459-09 Advanced Medical Institute
AMI - (459/09) -become longer stronger lovers -radio nova)
Dismissed Radio 14/10/2009
December 2008
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478-08 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota - Rav 4 - man looks into vacuum and his eye is sucked out of socket
Dismissed 10/12/2008
October 2009
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487-09 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota - (487/09) - TV - middle agedman wearing red jumper around his shoulders/doesn't trim chest hair - Soft, made to Last
Dismissed 28/10/2009
April 2004
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53-04 Australian Jockey Club
Australian Jockey Club - Randwick Easter carnival - "Princesses come alive" - woman wearing panties igetting ready for race carnival in langourious sensual manner
Dismissed 13/04/2004
March 2003
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54-03 Subaru (Aust) Pty Ltd
Subaru - All-wheel drive - 'Symmetry creates control'.
Dismissed 11/03/2003
23-03 Hewlett-Packard Australia Pty Ltd
Hewlett-Packard - Police use violence to make arrest.
Dismissed 11/03/2003
July 2000
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191-00 Volvo Car Aust Pty Ltd
Volvo - V70 - boy and girl in rear seat with skateboard
Dismissed Print 11/07/2000
May 2001
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103-01 Nestle Chilled Dairy
Nestle - Chilled Dairy - ACTIV yogurt - 'Yum'
Dismissed 08/05/2001
83-01 Streets Ice Cream
Unilever - Streets - Magnum - condom
Dismissed 08/05/2001
January 2010
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563-09 Advanced Medical Institute
AMI - Radio 563/09. Can we practice?
Dismissed Radio 20/01/2010
February 2009
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58-09 Mitsubishi Motors Aust Ltd
Mitsubishi - TV -Pajero avoids traffic by leaving the road and driving 'off-road'and splashes water and mud onto other drivers.
Dismissed 11/02/2009
February 2007
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20-07 Advanced Medical Institute
AMI - Want longer lasting sex? 20/07
Dismissed Outdoor 13/02/2007
April 2003
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61-03 Unilever Australasia
Unilever - Flora ProActiv margarine - man falls from bridge-bungee jump.
Dismissed 08/04/2003
June 2008
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205-08 Motorola Australia
Motorola - Razr mobile phone - phone portrayed as cut-throat razor being used by a man and woman at a train station slashing each others' clothing
Dismissed 18/06/2008
May 2003
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120-03 Nestle Ice Cream
Nestle - Peters Heaven Ice Cream - 'I'm in raspberries and cream heaven' - woman lying in ice cream.
Dismissed Outdoor 13/05/2003
March 2002
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67-02 Energy Australia
Energy Australia - man stands on phone book to make himself taller, then tries milk crate, then ladder - answers door to see short man from EA
Dismissed 12/03/2002
June 2001
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132-01 Janome Sewing Machine Company
Janome Sewing Machine Co. - Older woman physically abuses young salesman
Dismissed 12/06/2001
135-01 McDonald's Aust Ltd
McDonald's - Burgermeister - German Accents
Dismissed 12/06/2001
March 1998
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8-98 Bayer Australia Ltd
Bayer - Hallelujah chorus
Dismissed 10/03/1998
August 2007
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232-07 Ford Motor Co of Aust Ltd
Ford - Fiesta XR4 - internet - man's faces changes expression and sunglasses added and removed - car goes fast around corner. Text changes from "Live fast" to "Live hard"
Dismissed Internet 14/08/2007
235-07 Suzuki Australia Pty Limited
Suzuki - Swift - man hears radio advice of bad weather conditions for driving,but "not for some" - we see footage of professional rally driving as the driver goes out to his car
Dismissed 14/08/2007
May 2000
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147-00 Hog's Breath Cafe (Australia) Pty Ltd
Hog's Breath Café - description of meat aligned to waitress
Dismissed 09/05/2000
February 2000
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15-00 Sporting Shooters Assoc of Aust (NSW) Inc
Sporting Shooters NSW
Dismissed 08/02/2000
July 1999
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240-99 Holden Ltd
Holden - Commodore Utility - 'drive hard, drive the adrenalin' - man working on heavy machinery "Does he ever stop?" then see him doing extreme sports
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued 13/07/1999

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