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February 2018
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Media Determination datesort descending
0036-18 Materials in The Raw - Guildford
They are selling landscape materials but have a drawing of woman with no clothes on under their logo. My 6 yrs old son asked me why that woman has no clothes on?
Dismissed Other Outdoor 07/02/2018
0067-18 Suncorp
Ute with no cover
Dismissed Insurance TV - Free to Air 07/02/2018
0014-18 Pope
The add demeans white males and portrays them as stupid if the add was turned to focus on females or other people apart from white males the lynch mob's would be out.There are too many adds denigrating white males.
Dismissed House Goods Services TV - Free to Air 07/02/2018
0531-17 Holden Ltd
An add on television depicts unsafe positioning of seatbelt on a pregnant woman.
Dismissed Automotive TV - Free to Air 07/02/2018
0027-18 Ultra Tune Australia
A group of women dressed for a night out walk through a dark street in Melbourne only to find the tyre on their car is flat. They are confronted by a gang of men, one of them holding a baseball bat. One of the men smashes the car headlight with the bat after asking in a threatening voice if they have "car trouble". Then actor Jean-Claude Van Damme comes to their rescue.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Automotive Internet - Social - Other 07/02/2018
0032-18 National Australia Bank Ltd
The advertisement showed children being incorrectly restrained in a car.
Dismissed Finance/Investment Internet - Social - Facebook 07/02/2018
0038-18 Amaysim Australia PtyLtd
A man is sitting on a ride -on- mower and drives it out to the front of his house. He then pours petrol? On the vehicle and sets it alight. He then stands back to watch it.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Mobile Phone or SMS TV - Free to Air 07/02/2018
0046-18 Sydney Festival
The promotional advertising for live show - Riot.
Dismissed Entertainment TV - Free to Air 07/02/2018
0013-18 KMart Australia Ltd
Two people from different families decorating their home with Kmart Christmas decorations in a split screen.
Dismissed Retail Internet - Social - Facebook 07/02/2018
0066-18 Sunraysia Marine
Radio commercial
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Vehicle Radio 07/02/2018
0031-18 Ballarat Heating Centre
Advert for heaters specifically a Coonara heater
Dismissed House Goods Services Radio 07/02/2018
0041-18 Cotton On
The very large poster of two female models shows an obvious gap in the pants where the model is not wearing underwear and the labia is clearly visible.
Dismissed Clothing Poster 07/02/2018
0018-18 Reckitt Benckiser (Aust) Pty Ltd
In the add the woman drags her child in a pram up a staircase. This is not good behaviour and should not be shown as a thing somebody should be doing. It is dangerous and irresponsible as the pram could slip and the child could be hurt.
Dismissed Health Products TV - Free to Air 07/02/2018
0026-18 Ultra Tune Australia
Three women are driving to a costume party, and hit a tiger. Mike Tyson then makes an appearance.
Dismissed Automotive TV - Free to Air 07/02/2018
0012-18 True Local
When the email is opened it shows Steve, leaning back in his office chair, with a bikini clad girl on his wall, looks like from a magazine, not a photo, due to the background.Not the worst example of sexist advertising. But still inappropriate, given the level of violence against women that exists.
Dismissed Professional Services Email 07/02/2018
0040-18 ALDI Australia
The catalogue depicts three different bottles of Moscato and Prosecco each with a label of a woman in a rather compromising position ie breast and bottom and leg to the fore with a headline Kiss the Girls!
Dismissed Alcohol Promotional Material 07/02/2018
0044-18 ZURU Toys
The advert was for Water balloons that you fill multiple at one time.
Dismissed Toys and Games TV - Pay 07/02/2018
0052-18 Pretty Little Thing
It is disgusting and offensive the advertisement is based on 'sexual lust' . polluting our society in particular children and youth . 
Dismissed Clothing TV - Free to Air 07/02/2018
0025-18 Hotels Combined
An ad with four people talking about Hotels Combined and referencing the term "arse".
Dismissed Travel TV - Free to Air 07/02/2018
0034-18 Purplebricks
Two guys building sand castles for their kids and are talking about using agents to sell a house and one of them didn't use 'Purple bricks" and in his frustration proceeds to smash down both the sand castles, much to the kids disappointment.
Dismissed Real Estate TV - Free to Air 07/02/2018
0048-18 Bosch
Male tries to measure how much liquid to use in the washing machine. Young teen daughter shows him how to add liquid to machine.
Dismissed House Goods Services TV - Free to Air 07/02/2018
0017-18 The Firm Gentlemens Club
Ad features woman in underwear, including stilletto heals and suspenders, leaning on the back of couch with her butt in the air and face pressed against a wall.
Dismissed Sex Industry Print 07/02/2018
0037-18 ARN
Ad showing two host entering elevator . Girl has something in hair . Guy says bend over I will check .Looks like she is giving him a head job in elevator when door opens and another girl sees and seems uncomfortable to enter elevator and leaves
Dismissed Entertainment TV - Free to Air 07/02/2018
February 2018
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Media Determination datesort descending
0051-18 BP Australia Pty Ltd
Using a mobile phone at a petrol station which some idiots will take for granted and use it for other stuff and blow them up
Dismissed Automotive TV - Free to Air 21/02/2018
0055-18 Sexyland
A song advertising sexy land . My primary school age kids think it's a place for families and asked to go after they heard the song !!!!jingle makes it sound like a place for kids I have just spent an hour trying to research how to appropriately explain it. I'm very angry
Dismissed Sex Industry Radio 21/02/2018
0068-18 Ella Bache
Photo of naked women.I do not like to be confronted with a large poster of naked women whenever I go through town
Dismissed Beauty Salon Poster 21/02/2018
0059-18 McDonald's Aust Ltd
The television commercial showed 3 people using the same trampoline at the same time.
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 21/02/2018
0088-18 Illawarra Toyota
The current Illawarra Toyota TV ad includes acts of illegal (woman hanging out of top of car); dangerous (speeding across flooded causeway) and reckless (talking and not concentrating in traffic) driving.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Vehicle TV - Free to Air 21/02/2018
0054-18 KIA Automotive Australia
Kia Stinger being driving very quickly on a circuit deviating along a white curved line. It suggests the car holds to Road when driving quickly.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 21/02/2018
0047-18 Youfoodz
Right at the end, you find out that YouFoodz is advertising their food. Not that it's clear until the end....
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 21/02/2018
0062-18 Coca-Cola South Pacific
The ad entails a young man and a young woman jumping off a cliff into water below.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 21/02/2018
0087-18 Sabco Australia
It said the broom was good enough for this ‘bitch’ of a job.
Dismissed Hardware/Machinery TV - Pay 21/02/2018
0061-18 Coca-Cola South Pacific
Showing a couple of teenagers racing to get a drink of coke to cool down
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Pay 21/02/2018
0058-18 Buccaneer Pools & Spas
I find it highly irresponsible you picture children without ADULT supervision
Dismissed House Goods Services TV - Out of Home 21/02/2018
0075-18 Transport Accident Commission
The advertisement shows an Asian woman driving. In the passenger seat is a police officer. A mobile phone rings. The Asian driver looks concerned and goes to pick up the phone. The police officer says "it's only a text message". The Asian driver looks worried.
Dismissed Community Awareness TV - Free to Air 21/02/2018
0070-18 Wicked Campers
Painted on a van.Using a childrens character on one side and displaying on other side of van a quote on how the fictional character Mr White makes blue tinted Crystal meth.
Upheld - Not Modified or Discontinued Travel Transport 21/02/2018
0086-18 Tattoo asylum
Woman, half naked, restrained in a straight jacket sitting in her own urine.
Upheld - Not Modified or Discontinued Professional Services Outdoor 21/02/2018
0035-18 Threebyone
A massive window display shows 2 women naked walking on a beach. The front window display shows a womans jeans zip undone and the shop is called Service. The objectification of women as here to service men is frankly overt and demeaning. Happy to send you images of this via e-mail. I have taken them on my phone.
Dismissed Clothing Poster 21/02/2018
0060-18 Chrysler Australia Pty Ltd
Various shots of a Jeep and summer activities such as surfing and canoeing.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Vehicle TV - Pay 21/02/2018
0045-18 Bras n' Things
It was at least 30seconds of multiple women in various kinds of lingerie in full light with body shots of every part.
Dismissed Lingerie TV - Free to Air 21/02/2018
0053-18 KIA Automotive Australia
Towards the end of the ad spot, the Apple CarPlay screen was shown whilst the car is driving, and the driver’s finger is seen swiping the screen whilst the car is moving.
Dismissed Automotive TV - Free to Air 21/02/2018
0057-18 Meat & Livestock Australia Ltd
It’s the musical lamb ad, presumably their 2018 Australia Day ad. People in red and blue are singing and dancing.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries Cinema 21/02/2018
0074-18 Holden Ltd
This appears to be a facebook campaign by Holden, whether through ignorance or deliberately shifting blame onto other road users. You need to use a touch sensitive screen (it works on an iphone) and shows a cyclist about to hit a suddenly opened door, with text suggesting it's a 'mistake'. In fact, it's a very serious offence and has killed three cyclists in Melbourne alone in recent years. In two cases, the negligent driver opened the door and the cyclist was knocked under a passing truck. It is one of the most common causes of injury to urban riders.
Dismissed Vehicle Internet - Social - Facebook 21/02/2018
0056-18 Honey Birdette
An approximately two meter tall poster on the window of Honey Birdette of a woman in black bondage style lingerie. Her nether regions are minimally covered and she is in a sexually suggestive pose with legs spread. She has a choker around her neck which is attached to the top of her bra by two straps. The writing next to her says "Do not disturb Georgia", I assume that is referring to her. I can provide a photo if required.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Lingerie Poster 21/02/2018
0069-18 Brand Developers
Infomercial
Dismissed House Goods Services TV - Free to Air 21/02/2018
0064-18 Coca-Cola South Pacific
The advertisement depicts two young people (early 20s) in a vehicle who observe that they are out of coke. They race to a cliff edge where they see a floating bar below with coke. Spontaneously they jump off the cliff to get the coke.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries Cinema 21/02/2018
0073-18 Unilever Australasia
The advertiser was trying make a link between using lynx body spray and the ability in helping males to get a date with girls.
Dismissed Toiletries TV - Free to Air 21/02/2018
March 2018
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Media Determination datesort descending
0080-18 Bras n' Things
It was basically the beginning of a bedroom scene.I was shocked when I glanced over to the shop and was confronted with a large poster in front of the shop of a girl in "sexy" lingerie laying down with a man behind her with his hand across her waist.If people want to think about raunchy bedroom scenes, they can do it on their own time. We don't need it forced on us and our small children while out grocery shopping.I know they've been in trouble for this kind of thing very recently. They only care about sales not the public.
Dismissed Lingerie Poster 07/03/2018
0072-18 Swarovski International (Aust) Pty Ltd
The ad shows men giving men a ring and a woman giving a woman a ring and a man giving a woman q ring. The man giving a man a ring gives him a passionate kiss. This is unacceptable behavior on television advertising. Gorcing young people and yes teens stay up to 11pm to see this is wrong. It gives them the idea that being gay and givibg open displays of affection is acceptableit is not.It also elevates the idea that their relationship is deeper than a man and a womans.
Dismissed Retail TV - Free to Air 07/03/2018
0096-18 AAMI
The new AAMI advertisement is set on a construction site where a younger apprentice is given a hammer to take care of, he uses the hammer and it falls into concrete, everyone is looking at it then the AAMI girl walks over and pulls it out of the concrete and raises it in the air, this is a take-on the Marvel comic character THOR and his hammer (Thor being the only one who can pull the hammer and his characteristic holding it in the air).
Dismissed Insurance TV - Free to Air 07/03/2018

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