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October 2008
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393-08 Cancer Council NSW
Cancer Council NSW - Girls' Night In - man bound and gagged in cupboard
Dismissed Community Awareness 08/10/2008
399-08 Big Mobile Pty Ltd
Big Mobile - Mobilepussy - women fondling themselves, rubbing each other, grabbing breasts and vaginas
Dismissed 08/10/2008
November 2003
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402-03 Just Jeans Group
Just Jeans - Mini skirts - onlookers ignore female golfer's shot, but applaud when she bends to pick up ball.
Dismissed Clothing 11/11/2003
June 2014
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0199-14 Sydney Film Festival
A group of small clips is shown along with a fake animated audience reacting to the clips
Dismissed Entertainment 11/06/2014
February 2000
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407-99 AAPT Ltd
AAPT- SmartChat - Man riding a bicycle.
Dismissed Telecommunications 08/02/2000
February 2007
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10-07 Queensland Dept of Communities
Queensland Dept of Communities - Violence Prevention Unit - "See the problem. Be the solution". Offers counselling on Mensline
Dismissed Community Awareness 13/02/2007
43-07 Big W
Big W - back to school - "Do you want your child treated like this? Or do you want your child to be treated cool?"
Dismissed Retail 13/02/2007
August 1998
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102-98 Just Jeans Group
Just Jeans - "Naked man in restaurant."
Dismissed Retail 11/08/1998
May 2003
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109-03 Guests Furniture
Guests Furniture - woman hits man with handbag.
Dismissed 13/05/2003
May 2004
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111-04 Procter & Gamble Australia Pty Ltd
Procter & Gamble - Metamucil - man eats soap, woman eats face washer, woman sticks hose in mouth - let natural fibres clean your insides out
Dismissed Health Products 11/05/2004
January 2008
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440-07 Jungle Brolly
Jungle Brolly - Handshield - oven cleaner and hydrochloric acid poured on hands, a brick and aluminium foil
Dismissed Retail 16/01/2008
April 2006
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114-06 Just Jeans Group
Just Jeans - couple steal lobster from tank a Chinese restaurant and throw it back in the sea - "Live Like You Mean it"
Dismissed Clothing 11/04/2006
November 2008
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446-08 Ferrero Australia Pty Ltd (Ferrero Rocher)
Ferrero - Nutella - Boy in field with toy plane - voiceover talks about only 'healthy' aspects of Nutella
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 12/11/2008
April 2000
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120-00 WorkCover Corporation
WorkCover Corp - dead man and daughter voiceover
Dismissed Community Awareness 11/04/2000
July 2013
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0234-13 Retail Food Group
Chopping board with donuts on it. Advertising their donuts.
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue 24/07/2013
0250-13 Broadway Homes
It appeared to be trying to sell an apartment.
Dismissed Real Estate 24/07/2013
November 2006
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459-06 Telstra Corporation Ltd
Telstra - Bigpond - DVDs Online - man "goes out to get some DVDs" and takes dog which is excited about a walk - but he only goes to home mailbox - dog looks unhappy and disappointed
Dismissed Entertainment 14/11/2006
June 2010
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0238-10 Unilever Australasia
The TVC plays in a unisex vestibule of a nightclub’s bathrooms where men and women come out of their respective bathrooms and wash their hands. A woman turns on the tap and the water comes gushing out of the tap with much more force than she was expecting. The water ricochets off the inside of the basin and directly onto her top. A young man is standing at the next basin. He gives her a big, flirtatious smile. His hand is up against the wall and we can see that there are big wet sweat patches on his shirt under his armpits.
Dismissed Toiletries 09/06/2010
June 2004
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126-04 Colgate Palmolive Pty Ltd
Colgate-Palmolive - Colgate Toothpaste - teacher coats a shell with toothpaste then knocks against another shell, which breaks
Dismissed Toiletries 08/06/2004
140-04 Goodman Fielder Baking Australia
Goodman Fielder - Meadowlea White Wings choc-chip cookies - 2 kids brought to hospital emergency with hands stuck in jar - pokes tongue out at older patient
Dismissed 08/06/2004
December 2008
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477-08 AAPT Ltd
AAPT - Woman on horse in Nth American native costume - mocks war whoop
Dismissed Telecommunications 10/12/2008
October 2009
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486-09 Unilever Australasia
Unilever - Lynx Fever - (486/09) TV - a bunch of babes entice man to the toilets to engage in group sex after he sprays Lynx deodorant on himself
Dismissed Toiletries 28/10/2009
September 1998
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131-98 Australian Milk Marketing
Australian Milk Marketing - playing football with milk carton
Dismissed 08/09/1998
November 2009
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495-09 Unicharm Australasia (VIC)
Unicharm - Babylove 495/09 TV Poo Poo Pouch nappy
Dismissed Toiletries 11/11/2009
500-09 Sunshine Kebabs
Sunshine Kebabs 500/09. TV ad with jingle using the words "friggin"
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 11/11/2009
May 2008
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179-08 Reckitt Benckiser (Aust) Pty Ltd
Reckitt Benckiser - Nurofen for children - flying babies
Dismissed Health Products 19/05/2008
143-08 Carpet Court
Carpet Court - court jester's head on chopping block - hat falls off instead of head
Dismissed 19/05/2008
149-08 Gucci Australia Pty Ltd
Gucci - perfume - skinny models dancing around
Dismissed Toiletries 19/05/2008
158-08 InsuranceLine Pty Ltd
InsuranceLine - Telephone/Carpark - man hit with telephone
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Insurance 19/05/2008
May 2000
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138-00 Sancella Pty Ltd
Sancella - Libra Invisible Slim tampons - dog caught in door pet flap
Dismissed Toiletries 09/05/2000
July 2012
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0258-12 Stuart Alexander & Co Pty Ltd
A silver convertible, with three males inside, attracts the attention of three women walking on the street. Until... a blue convertible car pulls up with a young male driving. The man eats a piece of Mentos gum and then transforms his car into three cars stacked on top of each other. The three women join him in the transformed three stack car and drive off with one in a spa, another playing music. The screen then ends with a pack shot of Mentos® 3D gum product and the tag line “Triple Awesomeness”.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 11/07/2012
May 1998
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51-98 Red Rooster
Red Rooster - "Red Rooster Rap"
Dismissed 12/05/1998
June 2003
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182-03 Stihl Pty Ltd
Stihl - chainsaw used to fell tree with cat in it.
Dismissed Hardware/Machinery 10/06/2003
February 2006
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52-06 Jenny Craig Weight Loss Centres Pty Ltd
Jenny Craig - Kirstie Alley in sexy black dress lying on a couch making sensual noises but when camera pans upwards she is seen to be enjoying fettucine.
Dismissed Other 14/02/2006
June 2006
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185-06 Novartis Consumer Health A/asia Pty Ltd
Novartis Consumer Health - Benefiber - very skinny young female model demonstrates how easy it is to take fibre - struts and bends over to display skinny rear
Dismissed Health Products 13/06/2006
205-06 Ocean Spray International Services (Aust) Pty Ltd
Ocean Spray - cranberry juice - Paris Hilton look-alike discussing detox and colonic irrigation with another woman who tells Paris to try the juice - that you drink it - Paris responds "Shut up"
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 13/06/2006
March 2002
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53-02 Storm Masters Pty Ltd
Storm Masters - speaking on telephone during storm despite Telstra's warnings
Dismissed 12/03/2002
June 2008
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188-08 Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Commonwealth Bank - Shabangabang - New Zealand
Dismissed Finance/Investment 11/06/2008
October 1998
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146-98 Berri Ltd
Berri Ltd - swearing
Dismissed 13/10/1998
190-98 Coca-Cola South Pacific Pty Ltd
Coca-Cola - women in office
Dismissed 13/10/1998
160-98 Lever Rexona
Lever Rexona - Lynx - Cartoon spermatozoa.
Dismissed Toiletries 13/10/1998
March 2001
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54-01 T D Waterhouse Investor Services Ltd
T D Waterhouse - young man tussles with Asian woman in cemetery, saying he needs her money to invest; woman executes a flying kick and walks off
Dismissed Finance/Investment 13/03/2001
August 2013
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0273-13 Colgate Palmolive Pty Ltd
Advertising a naked woman head to toe showering with shampoo.
Dismissed Toiletries 14/08/2013
July 2001
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152-01 Konica Australia Pty Ltd
Konica Australia - attractive female office worker describes photocopier to male colleagues
Dismissed 10/07/2001
July 2002
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155-02 Sanyo Australia Pty Ltd
Sanyo Australia - man seemingly watching lawn bowls falling asleep, then we see he's watching it at home on big screen TV
Dismissed 09/07/2002
March 2006
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58-06 Harvey Fresh
Harvey Fresh - male shop assistant stacking shelves with Harvey Fresh milk when an elderly woman asks him where the product is. He hands her a bottle and she complains that it should be where she can find it, then swings her bag to hit the young man
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 14/03/2006
February 2004
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20-04 Coca-Cola South Pacific Pty Ltd
Coca-Cola - teenagers surfing on photocopiers, BMX bike off pier and other sthrowing objects at each other
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued 17/02/2004
January 2010
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598-09 Albury Hobby Centre
Albury Hobby Centre - TV 598/09. Suggestive comments made about Santa
Dismissed 20/01/2010
August 2005
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202-05 Nissan Motor Co (Aust) Pty Ltd
Nissan - Pathfinder - "what is a modern family?" - man is shown being forced out of car
Dismissed 09/08/2005
March 2000
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61-00 Budget Eyewear Aust Pty Ltd
Budget Eyewear - no seat belt
Dismissed Retail 14/03/2000

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