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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
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
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
March 1998
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8-98 Bayer Australia Ltd
Bayer - Hallelujah chorus
Dismissed 10/03/1998
May 2001
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83-01 Streets Ice Cream
Unilever - Streets - Magnum - condom
Dismissed 08/05/2001
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
October 2010
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0410-10 Newcastle United Jets FC
The advertisement, Sheets, depicts two young men in a suburban backyard taking white sheets off a clothesline as a dog barks at them. They climb over a fence and meet a third young man. A fourth also arrives on the scene with a floral patterned sheet, which causes the others to laugh and give him funny looks. The advertisement then cuts to crowd footage from a Newcastle Jets Hyundai A-League match showing fans waving large banners and flags, and a male voice over encourages support for the Jets at their forthcoming match.
Dismissed 13/10/2010
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
October 2001
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250-01 Lanes Biscuits Pty Ltd
Lanes Biscuits - Oreo - boy and dog
Dismissed 09/10/2001
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
March 2010
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100-10 Klosters Ford
Klosters Ford 100/10. Cinema ad with an elderly gentleman using the word F... (which is bleeped out)
Dismissed Cinema 10/03/2010
December 2000
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334-00 CPS Housewares Pty Ltd
CPS Housewares - Wiltshire Staysharp Knives
Dismissed 12/12/2000
February 2006
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11-06 Australian Fast Foods
Australian Fast Foods - Red Rooster - Geordie man says "in fact" but accent makes it sound like "fuct"
Dismissed 14/02/2006
February 2001
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355-00 Nissan Motor Co (Aust) Pty Ltd
Nissan - 200 SX
Dismissed 13/02/2001
June 2004
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121-04 Ford Motor Co of Aust Ltd
Ford - Falcon SR - racing car and sedan car on grid with exhausts throbbing - when 'race" starts, sedan disappears - "No Boundaries"
Dismissed 08/06/2004
April 2006
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124-06 Godfreys
Godfreys - "ship hot" deals for vacuum cleaners received fro overseas via sea containers
Dismissed 11/04/2006
November 1999
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361-99 Dairy Farmers
Dairy Farmers - Dare -'bitch'
Dismissed 09/11/1999
May 2008
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127-08 Big Flower Super Nursery
Big Flower - (review of 82/00) - naked black woman holding bottle with sun decal coming out of top, surrounded by wares, including a flower pot balancing on her buttocks
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Print 19/05/2008
February 1999
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37-99 Smith's Snackfood Co Ltd The
Smith's Snackfood - Doritos - "Science lab"
Dismissed 09/02/1999
May 2003
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139-03 Broadmeadow Motors
Broadmeadow Motors - 'Satisfy all your wants' - female wearing tight t-shirt.
Dismissed 13/05/2003
December 1999
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380-99 Agni
Agni Restaurant "Dripping Pork Pies"
Dismissed Print 07/12/1999
395-99 Dairy Farmers
Dairy Farmers - Oak - truncated 'shit'
Dismissed 07/12/1999
May 1999
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144-99 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota - Camry - "Nullabor garage"
Dismissed 11/05/1999
November 2003
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390-03 Nestle Ice Cream
Nestle - Peters Heaven Ice Cream - 'Truffle' - woman lying in middle of chocolate dessert with bottom showing.
Dismissed Outdoor 11/11/2003
April 2000
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148-00 McDonald's Aust Ltd
McDonald's - Big Mac - Ouija board
Dismissed 09/04/2000
July 2001
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150-01 Groupe SEB Aust Pty Ltd
Groupe SEB - Avantis Iron by Tefal - iron with life of its own flattens cat
Dismissed 10/07/2001
July 2005
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153-05 Thoroughbred Racing South Australia (SA) Limited
Thoroughbred Racing SA Limited - Adelaide Cup - shows a slow motion dressing of a woman, backview wearing only her underwear
Dismissed 12/07/2005
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
March 2004
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41-04 Arnott's Biscuits Ltd
Arnott's - Tiny Teddy - Perfect Match - teddy portrayed as policeman with a pig's tail
Dismissed 09/03/2004
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
February 2000
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448-99 John Fairfax Publications Ltd
John Fairfax - Fairfax Online - "Naked man"
Dismissed 08/02/2000
March 2007
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49-07 Jamba! GmbH
Jamba - Jamster Buxom Babes - woman's bikini-clad crotch with liquid dripping
Dismissed 13/03/2007

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