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| Ref# | Advertisement | Category | Determination |
Date |
Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0225-19 | Minerals Council of Australia This television advertisement related to rehabilitating land after mining. | Other | Dismissed | 24/07/2019 | TV - Free to Air |
| 0226-19 | Cece Crash Repairs This advertisement depicts the text "RIM JOBS...Colour changes and repairs to your damaged rims". Two images of wheels are ncluded, one with a winking face emoji and one with a tongue oout emoji in the centre of the wheel. | Automotive | Dismissed | 24/07/2019 | Poster |
| 0233-19 | Primo Foods This television advertisement features a jingle about what meat to eat each day of the week. | Food/Bev Groceries | Dismissed | 24/07/2019 | TV - Free to Air |
| 0234-19 | Isuzu Ute Australia Pty Ltd This television advertisement features a blue Isuzu D-Max Ute being taken into the bush/hills by a family with a border collie pet dog. | Automotive | Dismissed | 24/07/2019 | TV - Free to Air |
| 0235-19 | Yum Restaurants International This television advertisement features a group of people watching TV when a male and female burst out of another room. She says "I've been faking it!"and he says "Anyone say KFC?" | Food/Bev Venue | Dismissed | 24/07/2019 | TV - Free to Air |
| 0236-19 | Yum Restaurants International This television advertisement depicts a woman entering a room at the same time as a man opens a bottle of wine and the cork hits her in the face displacing her glasses a little. An embarrassing silence then ensues and the man says, 'did anyone say KFC?' | Food/Bev Venue | Dismissed | 24/07/2019 | TV - Free to Air |
| 0238-19 | Honey Birdette Image is an close up of woman’s face and breasts. Woman is wearing something made of sheer, navy coloured fabric. Product is named Belinda. | Lingerie | Dismissed | 24/07/2019 | TV - Out of Home |
| 0210-19 | Roadshow Films Television advertisement for movie "Annabelle Comes Home" | Entertainment | Dismissed | 10/07/2019 | TV-Free to air |
| 0211-19 | Roadshow Films Bus advertisement/billboard promoting film Annabelle comes home | Entertainment | Dismissed | 10/07/2019 | Transport |
| 0193-19 | Roadshow Films This bus stop advertisement for Child's Play features an image of a doll holding a knife. | Entertainment | Dismissed | 10/07/2019 | Outdoor |
| 0212-19 | Roadshow Films This outdoor advertisement is promoting the movie Annabelle Comes Home. | Entertainment | Dismissed | 10/07/2019 | Outdoor |
| 0194-19 | Roadshow Films Bus advertising for a movie called Child's Play depicting a frightening looking doll holding a knife. | Entertainment | Dismissed | 10/07/2019 | Transport |
| 0213-19 | Kellogg (Aust) Pty Ltd Nutrigrain cereal. An athlete or an iron man is eating this cereal and performing super hero feats. | Food/Bev Groceries | Dismissed | 10/07/2019 | TV-Free to air |
| 0195-19 | Roadshow Films A billboard for a movie called Child's Play depicting a frightening looking doll holding a knife. | Entertainment | Dismissed | 10/07/2019 | Billboard |
| 0214-19 | Fantastic Snacks Australia Television ad with a Japanese theme , buy product to win a Holiday. | Food/Bev Groceries | Dismissed | 10/07/2019 | TV-Free to air |
| 0196-19 | Roadshow Films Large billboard with possessed and scary looking doll on a black and red background with the words Annabelle Comes Back. | Entertainment | Dismissed | 10/07/2019 | Billboard |
| 0215-19 | Mitchell's Quality Foods Television ad for Lite n' Easy | Food/Bev Groceries | Dismissed | 10/07/2019 | TV-Free to air |
| 0197-19 | Australian Pensioners Insurance Agency Television ad for APIA insurance | Insurance | Dismissed | 10/07/2019 | TV-Free to air |
| 0216-19 | Woolworths Group Direct marketing email from everyday rewards program. Advertising 'Get your 10th longneck free'. Below this was a 'Dry July Partner' banner. | Alcohol | Dismissed | 10/07/2019 | |
| 0198-19 | Hankook Tyres A motor vehicle is seen clearly speeding and cornering recklessly and doing a protracted wheel spin. | Automotive | Dismissed | 10/07/2019 | TV-Pay |
| 0217-19 | Electrolux Home Products Advertising a hotplate with smart controls | House Goods Services | Dismissed | 10/07/2019 | TV-Free to air |
| 0202-19 | LJ Hooker Mona Vale It is a full page colour ad on the back page of the magazine with a naked child on the beach (from behind). It is for Mona vale LJ hooker describing “the bottom of the market has been and gone” | Real Estate | Dismissed | 10/07/2019 | |
| 0219-19 | Honey Birdette Blonde woman in black multi piece lingerie set. Woman is shown from lips down. | Lingerie | Dismissed | 10/07/2019 | Poster |
| 0203-19 | Network Ten Pty Limited There is an ad for The project on channel 10 that has all four main hosts on bicycles, and the two male hosts are wearing helmets and the two female hosts are not. | Entertainment | Dismissed | 10/07/2019 | Transport |
| 0220-19 | Honey Birdette Brunette woman in black lace lingerie. Women is shown from lips down. | Lingerie | Dismissed | 10/07/2019 | Poster |
| 0204-19 | Lexus Australia A black Lexus is seen being driven through a carpark, starting with a four wheel drift, then accelerating as it exits, without the driver slowing or stopping to see if there are any pedestrians (as is required when exiting private property onto a public road) then becoming airborne as it exits the carpark and bouncing as it hits the road, then another four wheel drift. | Vehicle | Dismissed | 10/07/2019 | TV-Free to air |
| 0221-19 | Honey Birdette Image of blonde women shown from lips down, in red bra, garter belt, sheer underwear and stocking | Lingerie | Dismissed | 10/07/2019 | Poster |
| 0205-19 | LG Electronics Aust Pty Ltd A 1-minute video ad circulating on Instagram. | House Goods Services | Dismissed | 10/07/2019 | Internet-Social-Instagram |
| 0222-19 | Honey Birdette Blonde woman in white lace bra, panties, garter belt and stockings. Woman is shown from lips down. | Lingerie | Dismissed | 10/07/2019 | Poster |
| 0207-19 | Step One Pay TV ad for men's underwear. | Lingerie | Dismissed | 10/07/2019 | TV-Pay |
| 0178-19 | Coles The advertisement in question was promoting Coles Salmon. The ad featured Curtis Stone on a fishing boat declaring that their salmon was sustainable. | Food/Bev Groceries | Dismissed | 10/07/2019 | TV-Free to air |
| 0208-19 | Roadshow Films The outdoor advertisement for the movie 'After' features a man and a woman naked yet their bodies are concealed by each others. | Entertainment | Dismissed | 10/07/2019 | Outdoor |
| 0181-19 | Telstra Corporation Ltd Telstra advertisement about the launch of 5G | Telecommunications | Dismissed | 10/07/2019 | TV-Free to air |
| 0209-19 | Roadshow Films This television advertisement is for the movie 'Child's Play'. | Entertainment | Dismissed | 10/07/2019 | TV-Free to air |
| 0180-19 | Specsavers Pty Ltd It was two women talking, the first one said she wasn't going to work as she'd heard about the sale and was going to take a sick day to go to it. The second woman then said she would have to take a sick day so she can go to the sale as well. | Health Products | Dismissed | 26/06/2019 | Radio |
| 0182-19 | Love Honey Advertisement for Love Honey featuring quick images of people wearing products and kissing/embracing. | Sex Industry | Dismissed | 26/06/2019 | TV-Pay |
| 0184-19 | ALDI Australia Advertisement where people from Aldi are trying to convince Sarah to give Aldi another go. | Food/Bev Groceries | Dismissed | 26/06/2019 | TV-Free to air |
| 0188-19 | SBS Corporation The advertisement contained the following statement:"Blessed be the fruit", with the word "fruit" crossed out and replaced with the word "fight" | Entertainment | Dismissed | 26/06/2019 | |
| 0177-19 | Tabcorp Holdings Limited The video advertisement on Facebook was from TAB advertising betting on the upcoming State of Origin. The ad features Anthony Minichello and Trevor Gilmeister as ex State of Origin NRL players. A series of die hard fans prove how committed they are to their teams. | Gambling | Dismissed | 26/06/2019 | Internet-Social-Facebook |
| 0190-19 | Tasmanian Bakeries Young men at a beach with surf boards. Dialogue in poetic form promoting national pies | Food/Bev Groceries | Dismissed | 26/06/2019 | TV-Free to air |
| Ref# | Advertisement | Category | Determination |
Date |
Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0230-19 | Wicked Campers This transport advertisement is for a moving van and features text on the side and rear of the van and the word "cunt". WA Registration number 1DMW 607. | Travel | Upheld - Not Modified or Discontinued | 24/07/2019 | Transport |
| 0231-19 | Wicked Campers This transport advertisement is for a moving van and features text on the side and rear of the van and the word "cunt". Victorian Registration number UMJ530. | Travel | Upheld - Not Modified or Discontinued | 24/07/2019 | Transport |
| 0218-19 | Honey Birdette Red Alert campaign: series of still images, all with red background featuring woman in various black lingerie pieces. Some feature text “censorship” across woman’s breasts. Displayed on digital screens and played on rotation at various speeds. | Lingerie | Upheld - Not Modified or Discontinued | 10/07/2019 | Poster |
| 0186-19 | Crazy Horse Revue Pty Ltd On the TV screen in the window: Shows women in lingerie and swimwear walking and moving in provocative ways, and touching their bodies. Shows womens breasts (nipples not shown) bouncing. Shows women rubbing bare breasts and breasts in bras together (nipples not shown). Shows women licking the neck of what appears to be another woman and women about to kiss. Shows a topless woman with tattles covering her nipples. On large screen/billboard above entry door: flips through static images of women in lingerie and performing as strippers. Sides of breasts and buttocks (in g-strings) are shown. A woman's nipple is visible in one image where a woman sits perched on the side of lounge in a very sheer bra.Video and photos of the images displayed can be provided by the complaintant upon request. | Sex Industry | Upheld - Not Modified or Discontinued | 26/06/2019 | TV-Out of home |
| Ref# | Advertisement | Category | Determination |
Date |
Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0224-19 | Global Shop Direct This television advertisement is for a product which is designed to fix phone onto car dash. | Automotive | Upheld - Modified or Discontinued | 24/07/2019 | TV - Pay |
| 0228-19 | The Palace This TV Out of Home advertisement for a gentleman's club depicts three static images on rotation. | Sex Industry | Upheld - Modified or Discontinued | 24/07/2019 | TV - Out of Home |
| 0232-19 | Tasmanian Bakeries This television advertisement depicts a car doing multiple laps of a city block and shows a woman hanging out the window. Voiceover also states to "stick a pie in your national pie hole". | Food/Bev Groceries | Upheld - Modified or Discontinued | 24/07/2019 | TV - Free to Air |
| 0191-19 | Brand Developers This is about the advertisement of the "Sunshine Blade Instant Heater". | House Goods Services | Upheld - Modified or Discontinued | 10/07/2019 | TV-Free to air |
| 0199-19 | Sleep Clinics Albury Wodonga This television advertisement depicts a man who snores and his wife, who elbows him and pushes him out of bed. | Health Products | Upheld - Modified or Discontinued | 10/07/2019 | TV-Free to air |
| 0175-19 | BelleLily It was just a pop up ad with a a woman with her bum to the camera wearing knickers that didn’t cover much at all. They had a string up one cheek & a string up the other. It looked like porn. I screenshot it for this complaint I was so unimpressed. | Lingerie | Upheld - Modified or Discontinued | 26/06/2019 | Internet |