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September 2019
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0310-19 Westpac Group
This television advertisement features the St George dragon encouraging a man not to climb out a bathroom window to avoid paying for an expensive date.
Dismissed Finance/Investment TV - Free to Air 25/09/2019
December 2019
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0411-19 Channel Nine St Vincent de Paul Bushfire Appeal
This television advertisement was a promotion for the St Vincent de Paul bushfire appeal. It included news footage of a koala being rescued after mistakenly attempting to return to an area of bushland that was on fire. A volunteer was then shown rescuing the koala and administering aid in the form of dousing it with water and sheltering it with her own shirt. Further footage included vision of bushland totally engulfed in flames and vision of firefighters responding to blaze in a residential area.
Dismissed Community Awareness TV - Free to Air 11/12/2019
July 2014
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0231-14 KIA Automotive Australia
The advert has a lady driving a Kia Sportage with 1 hand on the steering wheel all the way through the advert. She and her passengers including a child in the rear are singing to loud music.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 09/07/2014
0235-14 Aldi Australia
Aldi supermarket advertising Toys
Dismissed Retail TV - Free to Air 09/07/2014
0243-14 Pfizer Australia Pty Ltd
Descriptions of different types of nerve pain, symptoms and possible remedies.
Dismissed Health Products TV - Free to Air 09/07/2014
July 2020
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0220-20 Menulog
This television advertisement is styled as a music video and features Snoop Dogg.
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 22/07/2020
October 2020
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0289-20 Global Shop Direct
This television advertisement is for a product called Cup Call. The advertisement features various scenes of people using the product.
Dismissed Automotive TV - Free to Air 07/10/2020
June 2018
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0256-18 Jaguar Land Rover Australia Pty Ltd
My reason for complaining is safety. The public is told over and over about the dangers of driving through flood waters, but the land Rover Discovery advertisements recommend exactly that. "Through rivers deep" is the wording I complain about.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 06/06/2018
June 2016
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0260-16 HTH Group
Home Hardware - a guy comes on telling the tradies on site they're all soft because they eat cup cakes and that they need to harden up like real tradies
Dismissed Hardware/Machinery TV - Free to Air 08/06/2016
0240-16 Treasury Wine Estates
Humans pushing themselves to the limits. Ballet dancer, bull fighting.
Dismissed Alcohol TV - Free to Air 08/06/2016
July 2015
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0264-15 Red Bull Aust Pty Ltd
The latest advertising campaign for Red Bull energy drink with cartoon characters suggesting you will be more attractive if you drink red bull
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 08/07/2015
August 2014
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0299-14 Murray Goulburn
There is an Asian man in a suit trying to herd cattle into a barn but failing to do so. Then it cuts to buy Australian milk from Australian farmers.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 27/08/2014
0289-14 Sexy Scissors
Hair salon for men in Winellie, Darwin called Sexy Scissors with pictures of females dressed in sexy fantasy costumes.
Dismissed Beauty Salon TV - Free to Air 27/08/2014
0327-14 Valvoline (Aust) Pty Ltd
I have complaints regarding two advertisements that my grandchildren and I observed during the AFL football on channel 7 on Saturday afternoon and early evening. The second ad was for VALVOLINE Oil where drivers are turned into werewolf type characters, driving very fast.
Dismissed Automotive TV - Free to Air 27/08/2014
August 2015
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0306-15 Coastline Credit Union
It is the ad with three old ladies sitting on a bench and ogling an old man walking by wearing brightly coloured swim shorts and carrying a surfboard.
Dismissed Finance/Investment TV - Free to Air 12/08/2015
January 2015
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0011-15 Fernwood Fitness Centres Aust Pty Ltd
The Fernwood health club ad shows two females on a bike without bike helmet as required by law.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Sport and Leisure TV - Free to Air 28/01/2015
0016-15 Nimble Australia
The advertisement is about a lady having a phone bill they can't afford for posting too many 'selfies' and so they get a loan to pay the phone bill.
Dismissed Finance/Investment TV - Free to Air 28/01/2015
0020-15 Bingle Insurance
The advert was promoting how easy it is to get a quote online from Bingle's website.A monkey is shown blindfolded, with one arm behind its back, whilst skydiving.
Dismissed Insurance TV - Free to Air 28/01/2015
August 2017
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0345-17 Ferrero Australia Pty Ltd (Ferrero Rocher)
Kinder Surprise - Give Some Surprise Back Despicable Me 3 Toys. The advertisement is for Kinder Surprise chocolate, containing toys from the very recent children’s movie Despicable Me 3. The advertisement is a 15 second film clip showing a young child engaged in an activity while seated at the family coffee table. The words ‘your kids never stop surprising you’ are flashed briefly on the screen. The young child is then presented with a Kinder Surprise chocolate. He is shown to express delight when he sees the Kinder Surprise chocolate, mouthing what appears to be the word ‘WOW’.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 09/08/2017
February 2019
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0026-19 Santos Ltd
The advertisment promoted Santos’s environmental benefits of natural gas (CSG) compared to coal mines, alongside their involvement in the Tour Down Under.
Dismissed House Goods Services TV - Free to Air 06/02/2019
September 2014
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0384-14 Ego Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd
The top half of a naked woman at which there are words written in qv cream at which she rubs off. It starts on her arm and then the camera moves up her body which then is a shot of the side of her breast and then at the need of the ad they show the front of the naked woman but she is bottles of cream blocking her breasts.
Dismissed Toiletries TV - Free to Air 24/09/2014
September 2018
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0395-18 Barbeques Galore
This ad has a male and female in it. It promotes the stereotype that men are stupid, poking fun at fathers more than a dad joke. As part of the code vilifying a person is to belittle them. This type of advertising to put down one gender is to belittle them and to make males look stupid. 
Dismissed House Goods Services TV - Free to Air 12/09/2018
March 2018
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0098-18 Jaguar Land Rover Australia Pty Ltd
Jaguar cars
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 07/03/2018
September 2018
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0427-18 Specsavers Pty Ltd
This specsavers ad asks people to put a $worth in their eyes. And continues to portray what their life would be like without sight. 
Dismissed Health Products TV - Free to Air 26/09/2018
March 2016
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0102-16 Sportsbet
Advertisement showing the sports bet app and how to place bets over the app - the hunch.
Dismissed Gambling TV - Free to Air 23/03/2016
October 2017
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0431-17 Underworks
I don't think we need to see a beautiful young girl dancing in underwear, performing acrobatic moves, her legs wide open in several positions. The females underwear is more revealing than the males and the male ad is not always with the female ad.
Dismissed Lingerie TV - Free to Air 11/10/2017
November 2015
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0435-15 Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses
The advertisement is a grotesque and completely false compilation of horses designed to impede the legitimate enjoyment of the spring racing carnival.
Dismissed Community Awareness TV - Free to Air 11/11/2015
October 2017
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0451-17 Heinz
The advertising begins with a man saying that ketchup is thicker than sauce and that most people do not know that this is because more tomatoes are used in ketchup than in sauce. The advertisement then shows the words 'sauce' and 'ketchup' on a white plate constructed of (presumably) sauce and ketchup respectively. When the plate is held vertically the word 'sauce' runs down the plate but the word 'ketchup' does not.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 25/10/2017
November 2016
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0474-16 UNIBET
The scenario shows gamblers noting that a soccer referee is on a 'short list' for being appointment for the final of the tournament. As a consequence, the gamblers conclude they might 'beat the odds' by predicting the decisions by the referee.
Dismissed Gambling TV - Free to Air 09/11/2016
April 2016
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0164-16 Fair Dinkum Sheds
The ad shows a man and a child in a boat on water advising how to get/order/quote a shed.
Dismissed House Goods Services TV - Free to Air 27/04/2016
November 2018
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0509-18 Hanes Brands Inc
Bonds television advertisement featuring an Australian white Christmas.
Dismissed Lingerie TV - Free to Air 28/11/2018
May 2015
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0186-15 Environment Protection Agency
An advertisement of " don't be a tosser " is a good community message but to show a cigarette being tossed is unbelievable. There has been soooooo much anti smoking ads and you chose to show the cigarette being tossed. Sorry but you guys are the tossers . Surely there is many more products that the public "toss" eg soft drink bottles, take away containers, lollie wrappers only to name a few. Please clean up your ad!!!! Thank you
Dismissed Community Awareness TV - Free to Air 13/05/2015
January 2019
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0552-18 Department of Health and Human Services (TAS)
Meningococcal ad from Tas Government where a group of teenagers react to the news that their friend Emily has died.
Dismissed Community Awareness TV - Free to Air 23/01/2019
May 2017
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0205-17 Twentieth Century Fox Film Distributors Pty Ltd
Short trailer for movie Alien Covenant
Dismissed Entertainment TV - Free to Air 24/05/2017
October 2019
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0320-19 Tabcorp Holdings Limited
This advertisement is a campaign to raise money for prostate cancer. It features Shane Crawford and Anthony Minichiello in a studio describing the campaign and asking for players and fans to embrace the initiative. During the advertisement several scenes depict the men tapping each other on the bottom.
Dismissed Gambling TV - Free to Air 09/10/2019
January 2020
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0004-20 AHM Health Insurance
This television advertisement features former Australian cricketer Andrew Symonds in a television studio filming an advertisement. When a prop behind him falls a television production assistant goes to pick it up and Andrew Symonds knocks him over with his shoulder.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Insurance TV - Free to Air 22/01/2020
0046-20 Unilever Australasia
This television advertisement is for Lipton Iced Tea and features close ups of the sun, leaves and fruit, and then various scenes of people around a pool.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 22/01/2020
May 2016
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0232-16 Ladyboy Cabaret
It showed lady boys from Thailand performing in little clothing on a stage.
Dismissed Entertainment TV - Free to Air 25/05/2016
June 2020
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0179-20 Localsearch
This television advertisement depicts various scenes of people in their workplaces (retail store, office, outdoor, warehouse). The voiceover states “‘Have a go, it’s in our DNA, it’s what makes us who we are. The ability to dust off ourselves, get back on the saddle, to roll up our sleeves, [and] just get on with the job. Nothings too hard, it’s the way we got this country started, hard work, resilience, we get on with things. We’re Aussies”.
Dismissed Employment TV - Free to Air 10/06/2020
May 2018
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0244-18 Nestle Australia Ltd
Uncles Toby’s Oats makes numerous claims, backed by statistics flashing across the screen in front of wind turbines, about the amount of energy Uncle Toby’s Oats produces.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 23/05/2018
September 2020
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0267-20 ALDI Australia
This television advertisement features a woman watching TV in bed on a laptop computer. There are various snack foods and drinks on bed-side tables on either side of her. The voiceover states "Happy Binge Watching Day!"
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 09/09/2020
August 2014
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0269-14 Ambience Air
Air conditioning installation
Dismissed House Goods Services TV - Free to Air 13/08/2014
July 2014
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0277-14 My Plates
Ad 1 features a man passing gas in a car repeatedly. The voiceover says something along the lines of "Ladies, you never know what your man gets up to with your car. Get these plates on your car so he wont go anywhere near it".
Dismissed Automotive TV - Free to Air 23/07/2014
July 2015
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0285-15 Samsung Electronics Aust Pty Ltd
Samsung phone new
Dismissed Mobile Phone or SMS TV - Free to Air 22/07/2015
September 2013
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0331-13 Windsor Smith Pty Ltd
It men with tattoos and women in underwear walking around with a white background and some contemporary music in the background.
Dismissed Clothing TV - Free to Air 25/09/2013
January 2017
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0008-17 Tatts Lotteries
The commercial showed Lotto balls as cartoon characters getting ready for a draw
Dismissed Gambling TV - Free to Air 18/01/2017
February 2016
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0024-16 Ultra Tune Australia
Ad shows 2 attractive women fully dressed in skin tight rubber outfits with very low cleavages. They look seductively at the camera and dance around. The ad says "We're into rubber.".
Dismissed Automotive TV - Free to Air 10/02/2016
September 2016
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0362-16 Mitsubishi Electric Australia
Advertising Mitsubishi Electric appliances - assuming a fridge from the commercial.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued House Goods Services TV - Free to Air 14/09/2016
February 2018
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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
September 2017
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0385-17 Mitsubishi Motors Aust Ltd
A little girl was riding what appeared to be an all terrain vehicle in this ad she should have been wearing a protective helmet but she was not, in Australia it is illegal to ride such a vehicle without a helmet.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 13/09/2017

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