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November 2008
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408-08 Jamba! GmbH
Jamba - Jamster - Achmed the dead terrorist - "Silence! I am going to kill you"
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued 12/11/2008
451-08 Mercedes-Benz Aust/Pacific P/L
Mercedes-Benz - Vito Van - reference to large nosed jew
Dismissed 12/11/2008
November 2006
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414-06 TransACT Communications Pty Ltd
TransACT - Free Speech - protest in streets of Canberra/Queanbeyan for free speech - leader is handed a brochure announcing TransACT's "free speech" offer
Dismissed 14/11/2006
447-06 Midalia Steel Pty Ltd
Midalia Steel - dog chases cat around steel warehouse finally cornering cat as it attempts to run out the door, by pressing button to close the door and trap the cat
Dismissed 14/11/2006
March 2001
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42-01 Nestle Ice Cream
Nestle - Peters Frosty Fruits ice blocks - (1) obese man on motor bike; (2) overweight boy scout
Dismissed Outdoor 13/03/2001
May 1998
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43-98 McDonald's Aust Ltd
McDonald's - Traffic Policeman.
Dismissed Radio 12/05/1998
October 2009
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478-09 Ford Motor Co of Aust Ltd
Ford Hatchback TVC 478/09. Driver seeks assistance from man washing windscreens to push vehicle that is out of petrol
Dismissed 14/10/2009
October 2009
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488-09 Rheem Hot Water
Rheem Hot Water - 488/09 - TV Boy's mother finds her son's pornographic magazine collection
Dismissed 28/10/2009
November 2009
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496-09 Advanced Medical Institute
AMI 496/09 TV. The letter I in the writing of AMI simulates an erection
Dismissed 11/11/2009
December 2006
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502-06 Hasbro Australia Ltd
Hasbro - Aqua Armies Super Soaker - young people using water squirters, soaking each other in water
Dismissed 12/12/2006
April 2011
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0116-11 Accord Business Brokers
Image of woman sat on a piece of exercise equipment wearing workout gear consisting of a top and g string. The image is on a website advertising businesses for sale: www.realcommercial.com.au.
Dismissed Internet - Social - Other 13/04/2011
February 2000
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18-00 Bosclip Aussie Products Pty Ltd
Bosclip - Lawn Barber 'n Edge Trimmer
Dismissed Print 08/02/2000
June 2008
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182-08 Hutchison 3G (Australia) Pty Ltd
Hutchison 3 - Madder than diabetic
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued 11/06/2008
124-08 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota - Landcruiser 200 - car being "conceived" and "born" in outback, causes environmental damage when it surfaces from underground and becomes airborne
Dismissed 11/06/2008
June 1999
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188-99 Mattel Pty Ltd
Mattel - Fisher-Price
Dismissed 08/06/1999
December 2009
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564-09 Advanced Medical Institute
AMI - (564/09)cold call mobile phone - male problems in bedroom Press 1; Female Press 2
Dismissed 09/12/2009
August 2004
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198-04 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota - Corolla - Annaliese Braakensiek kissing man in car, another man outside shouting he loves her
Dismissed 10/08/2004
February 2008
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20-08 Global One Mobile Entertainment
Global One - SMS RUDE to 1994 9999
Dismissed 13/02/2008
February 2001
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6-01 Collins Foods Group Pty Ltd
Collins Foods Group - Sizzler - 'Kids'
Dismissed 13/02/2001
April 2004
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61-04 Nestle Confectionery
Nestle - Allen's Minties - dog looking for place to urinate, chooses the leg of man bus stop - girl offers Mintie to him to cheer him up with caption "it's moments like these you need Minties"
Dismissed 13/04/2004
March 2006
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64-06 Nissan Motor Co (Aust) Pty Ltd
Nissan - Tiida - woman (actress Kim Cattrall from Sex & The City) on phone speaking with sexual innuendo about her car
Dismissed 14/03/2006
April 2003
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67-03 Douwe Egberts Australia
Douwe Egberts - Moccona - 'Exotic' black man speaks with English accent.
Dismissed 08/04/2003
September 2002
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211-02 Holden Ltd
Holden - Zafira - baby and child in rear seat - baby facing forward - older child appears to have drawn with crayons all over baby's face
Dismissed 10/09/2002
February 2006
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7-06 Take 2 Interactive Software Pty Ltd
Take 2 - "Warriors" computer game - violent fight scenes between rival gangs, man falls off roof
Dismissed 14/02/2006
November 1998
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214-98 None
All Nation Gas Traders (Eurolec Oven) - child touching oven
Dismissed 10/11/1998
September 2001
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218-01 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota - Avalon - driver skids car to stop using handbrake.
Dismissed 11/09/2001
June 2006
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223-06 Accor Asia Pacific Australia
Accor - Ibis Hotels - man in bed with two women, all are asleep + other scenes of different guests sleeping
Dismissed 13/06/2006
April 2002
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83-02 Unilever Australasia
Unilever - Streets - Magnum- "Greed - give in to it" - woman steals from welfare clothing bin - "Streets Magnum - 7 deadly sins"
Dismissed 09/04/2002
May 2001
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91-01 Red Rooster
Red Rooster - Little Red Rooster - Barbie/Hot Wheels Promotion
Dismissed 08/05/2001
August 2000
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241-00 LG Electronics Aust Pty Ltd
LG Electronics - Intello Combi microwave
Dismissed Print 08/08/2000
July 1998
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96-98 Tricon Restaurants International
Tricon - KFC Chicken - Godzilla
Dismissed 14/07/1998
August 2007
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244-07 Fitness First
Fitness First - "Work it off over winter" banner on own website shows skinny woman holding out oversize jeans to show how much weight has been lost
Dismissed Internet 14/08/2007
October 2004
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263-04 Holden Ltd
Holden - Commodore SV6 - print - no holding back
Dismissed Print 12/10/2004
December 1998
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266-98 Mitsubishi Motors Aust Ltd
Mitsubishi - 'You'll be mad if you miss it- No. 2
Dismissed 08/12/1998
February 2002
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27-02 KIA Automotive Australia
KIA - Sportage/Spectra/Rio - 'No deposit and no repayments' - woman's head covered by placard - 'What else do you need?'
Dismissed 12/02/2002
September 2007
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278-07 Kosciusko Thredbo Pty Ltd
Kosciusko Thredbo - man tied to fence while girlfriend shoots tennis balls at him - one hits him in the testes
Dismissed 11/09/2007
August 2006
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283-06 CCH Publishers
CCH Publishers - Mid Year Books Order form - four 40 - 50 year old Caucasian males shown as representative of legal profession
Dismissed Print 08/08/2006
July 2004
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133-04 Sony Australia Pty Ltd
Sony - Wag campaign - black actors have prosthetic tails indicating bestial or sub-human traits - white actors have no tails
Dismissed 13/07/2004
June 2004
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139-04 Grange Antiques
Grange Antiques - naked female holding picture frame
Dismissed Print 08/06/2004
November 2001
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292-01 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota - Celica- 'Hold on tight' - car in centre of road
Dismissed Outdoor 13/11/2001
June 2001
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148-01 National Rugby League Ltd
NRL - Series of 3 State of Origin ads, and one in which man drives car door against Maroons (Qld) vehicle
Dismissed 12/06/2001
May 2006
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153-06 Ford Motor Co of Aust Ltd
Ford - Focus - Jackie O carries a fish in her car without spilling a drop of water, until she getst home and is distracted to see Andrew G driving past - she accidentally tilts the fish bowl and the fish goes down a drain
Dismissed 09/05/2006
December 2004
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321-04 Unilever Australasia
Unilever - Streets - Paddle Pop - hyena sitting with lion breaks wind then laughs, before lion grabs him and starts alpine ski race
Dismissed 07/12/2004
324-04 Jaguar Australia
Jaguar - Steve McQueen - "he jumped fences on his motorcycle and starlets in his Jag"
Dismissed Print 07/12/2004
June 2007
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170-07 Mammoth Storage
Mammoth Storage - "Can't fit it all in?" - woman's bra-covered breasts shown
Dismissed Print 12/06/2007
173-07 Yum Restaurants International
Yum - KFC - Hot 'n' Spicy Fillets - basketball - man eating chicken at basketball courts and when asked "What's it like?" one claps his hands to the other's face with a loud thwack
Dismissed 12/06/2007
February 2003
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330-02 Peugeot Automobiles Australia
Peugeot 206 - Indian man continually crashes car, gets elephant to sit on it, blowtorches it, to remodel it to look like the Peugeot 206 he's seen in the print ad
Dismissed 11/02/2003
December 2001
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334-01 Ricegrowers' Co-operative Ltd Inc NSW
Ricegrowers' Co-op - SunRice - 2 ads - Tortilla Sensations Red Chilli (eye drops) and Flamin' BBQ (coal on buttocks)
Dismissed Outdoor 11/12/2001
December 2000
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338-00 LG Electronics Aust Pty Ltd
LG Electronics - Jet Cooling Air Conditioner - young boys watching woman undress thru window - she puts on aircon which fogs up windows
Dismissed 12/12/2000
October 2007
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340-07 Melbourne Racing Club
Melbourne Racing Club - Print - children reading form guide "As it turns out Saturdays are for doing homework"
Dismissed Print 09/10/2007

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