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February 2013
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0041-13 Jamberoo Action Park
"Get Bitten By the Funnel Web" Jamberoo Recreation Park fun water ride for children.
Dismissed 13/02/2013
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
199-06 Ultra Tune (SA) Pty Ltd
Ultra Tune - Welshman using Welsh idioms amongst English words describing his car making "clunk clunk clunk" sound - the Ultra Tune guy understood him
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
September 2012
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0386-12 Roseleigh Manor
Poster style advertisement on the advertiser's website which features a cast ensemble photograph for "sinderz. Who said Fairy Tales were for children". There are eight adults in the photograph wearing fancy dress costume and the text below reads, "Join us on a journey to the town of Wetwank, where you will be Entertained by the delightful sisters, Orgasma and Clit – Toris. Where Dick, Dez and Prince Big Thing battle it out for the hand (and everything else) Of the vaguely virginal Sinderz."
Dismissed Outdoor 26/09/2012
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
November 2002
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262-02 Integral Energy
Integral Energy - 'smart' wife takes charge after branches fall on wires.
Dismissed Radio 12/11/2002
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
August 2008
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277-08 Mitsubishi Motors Aust Ltd
Mitsubishi - Lancer - defy physics - hammer the straight - scream through the corner
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Print 13/08/2008
March 2005
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28-05 Lisa De Luca & Co Solicitors
Lisa De Luca & Co Solicitors - Drink Driving - if you are caught "they would do the worrying for you".
Dismissed Radio 08/03/2005
September 2007
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282-07 Bay Leather Republic
Bay Leather Republic - nude male and female (with breasts covered) - "Don't look now, we've taken half off!"
Dismissed Print 11/09/2007
October 2000
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289-00 Clorox Aust Pty Ltd
Clorox - Glad Tuff Stuff Garbage Bags - full bag punched
Dismissed 17/10/2000
September 2003
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294-03 Audi Australia Pty Ltd
Audi - A4 - 'Even the wind can't keep up.'
Dismissed 09/09/2003
August 2006
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297-06 Azspa Pty ltd
Azspa Pty Ltd - man snacking while watching TV - SMS singles - shows blond woman in black swimsuit under shower and in spa with male
Dismissed 08/08/2006
October 2005
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301-05 Unilever Australasia
Unilever - Omo - Dirt is Good - what kids put in their pockets, children putting uncleaned paint brushes, open lipstick tubes and frog in pockets
Dismissed 11/10/2005
February 1999
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308-98 Ferrero Australia Pty Ltd (Ferrero Rocher)
Ferrero Australia - Ferrero Rocher - large house at night
Dismissed 09/02/1999
November 2000
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320-00 Mitsubishi Motors Aust Ltd
Mitsubishi - Magna VR-X 3.5 Litre V6 - speeding bullet.
Dismissed 14/11/2000
March 2001
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33-01 McDonald's Aust Ltd
McDonald's - Boxing match
Dismissed 13/03/2001
November 2005
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336-05 Coca-Cola Amatil
Coca-Cola Amatil - Deep Spring Mineral Water - naked man with helmet on scooter riding through crowds of people who stare at him as he drinks product to tune of "Feelin' Groovy" by Simon & Garfunkel
Dismissed 08/11/2005
February 2007
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34-07 China Tea Club
China Tea Club - sound of sword cutting off someone's head and a man making last request for food from restaurant
Dismissed Radio 13/02/2007
April 2008
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106-08 Mitsubishi Motors Aust Ltd
Mitsubishi - Triton Ute - Black 4WD driving through desert and bush, on seashore
Dismissed 09/04/2008
April 2007
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111-07 Ford Motor Co of Aust Ltd
Ford - Fiesta (print)- man/woman in white lab coats stand in front of clay model of car - male had brown clay handprint on his butt
Dismissed Print 10/04/2007
April 2009
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114-09 Oztonez/Red Circle Technologies
Oztonez/Red Circle - Print ad in Take 5 magazine. Multiple pictures for mobile phone downloads with sexual connotation.
Dismissed Print 22/04/2009
August 1998
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117-98 Mitsubishi Motors Aust Ltd
Mitsubishi - Pajero
Dismissed 11/08/1998
May 2005
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120-05 Mainland Dairies Pty Ltd
Bonland Dairies - Mainland Munchables - Shows the "kids" (teenagers) 'bossing parents around'
Dismissed 10/05/2005
June 2005
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123-05 Ford Motor Co of Aust Ltd
Ford - Falcon Utility - "More value than beating the Poms"
Dismissed Print 14/06/2005
April 2009
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126-09 Fremantle Boat Show
Fremantle Boat Show - picture of young boy with his pants and underwear down at his ankles with caption - what kind of deals can you expect at the Boat Show
Dismissed Print 08/04/2009
October 2008
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384-08 TrueLocal
TrueLocal - woman divulges too much personal information how she and partner play "hide the sausage" and "experiment with foodstuffs"
Dismissed 08/10/2008
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
February 2006
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40-06 Titan Enterprises (Qld) Pty Ltd
Titan Enterprises - man driving 1961 Thunderbird with father lounging in back seat - appears as if neither wears a seatbelt - son shows Dad snake collection
Dismissed 14/02/2006
June 2004
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139-04 Grange Antiques
Grange Antiques - naked female holding picture frame
Dismissed Print 08/06/2004
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
November 2006
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439-06 Mitre 10 (Australia) Pty Ltd
Mitre 10 - Dial A Dad - real Dad painting garage finds his son playing cricket in backyard with a stranger who explains he's from Dial-a-Dad
Dismissed 14/11/2006
February 2004
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449-03 Nissan Motor Co (Aust) Pty Ltd
Nissan - Pulsar-radio- 'The pricing department hasn't done a bloody thing'
Dismissed Radio 17/02/2004
November 2008
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460-08 Ultra Company
Ultra Company - Partner Tracker - SMS to fool your friends - show where partner is
Dismissed 26/11/2008
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
December 2006
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470-06 Mix 102.3 Adelaide
Mix 106.5 - Dr Lai - breast augmentation if you feel embarrassed, unfeminine, unattractive for having small breasts
Dismissed Radio 12/12/2006
May 1998
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48-98 The Olympic Club
Olympic Club (The) - "Young boy swinging on a basketball hoop"
Dismissed 12/05/1998
March 2008
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49-08 Advanced Medical Institute
AMI - Valentine's Day - women are going to get great sex, "so if your doodle's been jumping the gun make the call to AMI"
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Radio 12/03/2008
May 2009
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186-09 Unwired Australia
Unwired Australia (186/09) Billboard drunk fat man with junk and cigarette butts everywhere with text "I didn't know which one to get, either Chinese or Thai food, so I threw up on the couch anyway".
Dismissed Outdoor 14/05/2009
January 2008
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532-08 Cartridge Works
Cartridge Works - newsletter style publication "Village Idiot.com.au"
Dismissed Print 21/01/2008
June 1999
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189-99 Pizza Haven
Pizza Haven - SPARC Disability Foundation - "Lleyton Hewitt"
Dismissed 08/06/1999
December 2009
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588-09 Advanced Medical Institute
AMI - Print(588/09)two giggling women whispering about their partners IN THE BEDROOM
Dismissed Print 09/12/2009
July 2007
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200-07 The Blind Factory
The Blind Factory - set in psychiatrist's office where electric shock therapy is taking place
Dismissed 10/07/2007

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