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May 2015
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0166-15 Yum Restaurants International
A group of young people in the car while driving are consuming a fast food product (Kentucky fried chicken). All passengers are eating the product until they see that the young driver feels left out. The front passenger gives the young driver a piece to eat distracting him while driving.
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 13/05/2015
0160-15 VISA International
In this advertisement, a man walks in his parent’s room and stubbles upon his father painting his mother who is nude, partially covered by a cloth. The ad was implying that if you use visa checkout, you could've not seen that as you will not waste time to ask your parents for money, and that with visa checkout, you can buy things online easily.
Dismissed Finance/Investment TV - Free to Air 13/05/2015
January 2016
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0507-15 Subway Franchisee Advertising Fund
The ad shows a man walking down the street towards a subway restaurant who undertakes three activities on his way. In one scene he ducks underneath a pain of glass that two workmen are carrying.
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 20/01/2016
January 2015
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0512-14 Crawford Productions Pty Ltd
The advertisement lasting about 40 seconds was showing old re-runs of this old show Acropolis now and trying to sell DVD's. During one of the quick scenes an actor utters the words - "They call me wog" the ad then switches to other scenes of this old show.
Dismissed Entertainment TV - Free to Air 14/01/2015
December 2018
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0518-18 Telstra Corporation Ltd
Many gadgets for christmas. Use of drone by children too close to parents kissing under mistletoe.
Dismissed Telecommunications TV - Free to Air 12/12/2018
November 2017
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0525-17 Sabco
Person cleaning. Something falls off the table. Voice says FIG JAM. Floor is cleaned and mop is shown being spun dry
Dismissed House Goods Services TV - Free to Air 22/11/2017
May 2017
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0184-17 Brierley Hose and Handling
Brieley Hose and Handling (Tasmania)
Dismissed House Goods Services TV - Free to Air 10/05/2017
April 2016
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0188-16 Pacific Brands Holdings Pty Ltd
It was difficult in the initial stage but men's underwear.
Dismissed Lingerie TV - Free to Air 27/04/2016
January 2017
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0548-16 Road Safety Advisory Council
Scenarios of "mates" (men) interacting with other mates on various levels. The punchline is when a "real mate" takes the car keys off his mate who has been drinking and drops them down the drain.
Dismissed Community Awareness TV - Free to Air 18/01/2017
0551-16 Make A Wish Australia
Advert is for make a wish lotto using minors talking about what they 'wish' for if they won.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Gambling TV - Free to Air 18/01/2017
January 2018
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0572-17 Volkswagen Group Australia Pty Limited
During this add it show a couple in the back seat of a car as the female straddles the male which is inappropriate !
Dismissed Automotive TV - Free to Air 24/01/2018
0589-17 Youfoodz
There are three versions of the commercial, each with a young red headed boy approx. 8 years old selling the idea of prepackaged "Youfoods" as an alternative to home cooking. In one version, he says; "You're living in the friggin' 90's" (a euphemism for "fucking")
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 24/01/2018
0578-17 Paco Rabanne
An additional for his and her perfume 1 Million and Lady Million
Dismissed Toiletries TV - Free to Air 24/01/2018
June 2018
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0199-18 Kogan Technologies
Promotion of a new TV and its aspects
Dismissed House Goods Services TV - Free to Air 06/06/2018
0259-18 ALDI Australia
An approximately 7 second long ALDI corned beef commercial, with the food product in question being 'sliced' alongside accompanying 'slicing' sound effects. The red price tag was displayed on the right hand side of the screen and there was a female voice-over
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 06/06/2018
May 2017
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0234-17 Sportsbet
Featuring Ben Johnson -Gold medallist 1988 Olympics
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Gambling TV - Free to Air 24/05/2017
June 2016
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0242-16 iSelect Pty Ltd
2 semi-naked men jumped from platform to the pool.
Dismissed Insurance TV - Free to Air 08/06/2016
June 2017
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0246-17 Mondelez International
Describing a person using cream cheese in a sexually suggestive way.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 07/06/2017
0239-17 ALDI Australia
A woman is returning a supermarket trolley to ALDI to retrieve the coin from the trolley bay. She is spinning the trolley around and riding dangerously on the trolley through the parking area of the supermarket. (My age is 72 but this was not an option on the selection)
Dismissed Retail TV - Free to Air 07/06/2017
May 2018
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0254-18 Skoda
Skoda SU adFamily driving around with young daughter (maybe 9 or 10 yo) singing Black Velvet. She transforms from hair tied up to releasing her hair and shaking it around in slow motion to lyrics that include "black velvet in that little boys smile, black in that slow southern style . Black velvet that will bring you to our knees."
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 23/05/2018
July 2015
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0258-15 AHM Health Insurance
I would like to complain about the AHM insurance ad.
Dismissed Insurance TV - Free to Air 08/07/2015
0262-15 Nestle Australia Ltd
Kit Kat advertisement about "having a break" shows a lady secretly having a Kit Kat under a tree when she is meant to be out running.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 08/07/2015
September 2019
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0262-19 Asaleo Care - Libra
This televsion advertisement for Libra features various period-related images and promotes the #bloodnormal campaign.
Dismissed Toiletries TV - Free to Air 02/09/2019
November 2019
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0350-19 Yum Restaurants International
The advertisement is set in the evening and depicts three women waiting at the front of a queue to get into a venue. They are refused entry and a smaller group of people behind them are let in instead. The women start complaining to the venue’s bouncer. Suddenly, one of the women spots a large billboard depicting a KFC $4.95 Fill Up deal. The woman who spots the billboard then exclaims “shut up and take my money!”. The scene cuts to the three women in a car, driving slowly past the venue whilst enjoying KFC with abandon. The bouncer and those in the queue look at them as they pass by.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 13/11/2019
December 2019
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0404-19 Kennards Hire
This television advertisement depicts a man who appears to be in a therspists office talking about how he couldn't reach a spot he needed to paint. The therapist, who is wearing Kennards Hire clothing, suggests equipment to assist.
Dismissed House Goods Services TV - Free to Air 11/12/2019
June 2020
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0173-20 Tabcorp Holdings Limited
This television advertisement begins with a voice over saying “Some people have more important things to do than watch racing on the weekend” whilst depicting a wall being painted in a house / apartment. The Advertisement then shows a couple taking a break from painting by watching racing vision together on a smart phone. The voicover scoffs and says "Some people". It then continues to say "Catch every race this autumn with Sky live vision”. The advertisement ends with the couple continuing to paint.
Dismissed Gambling TV - Free to Air 10/06/2020
July 2018
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0305-18 Sportsbet
The advertisement features a man attempting to disarm a bomb when a voice over states 'kaboom' and makes him cut the wrong wire.
Dismissed Gambling TV - Free to Air 11/07/2018
July 2016
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0309-16 Mondelez Australia Pty Ltd
The advertisement was for the Cadbury chocolate bar 'Picnic'.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 27/07/2016
August 2016
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0313-16 Telstra Corporation Ltd
People traveling in and ON the roof of a yellow bus.
Dismissed Information Technology TV - Free to Air 10/08/2016
September 2020
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0287-20 Woolworths Supermarkets
This television advertisement is promoting Woolworths. The advertisement includes the super: "Proudly committed to an Australian First Fresh Sourcing Policy. Woolworths.com.au"
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 23/09/2020
December 2020
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0367-20 Toyota Motor Corporation Australia
This television advertisement shows scene of three siblings being late to their parents anniversary and their attempts to get there.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Vehicle TV - Free to Air 16/12/2020
0367-20 Toyota Motor Corporation Australia
This television advertisement shows scene of three siblings being late to their parents anniversary and their attempts to get there.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Vehicle TV - Free to Air 16/12/2020
February 2016
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0014-16 Allianz Australia Ltd
A man is attempting to wash his car with a hose, but no water is coming through the nozzle. He is seen fiddling with the nozzle, before he points and holds the nozzle centimetres from his right eye. Noticing his father's trouble, his child removes a kink in the hose, causing a force of water to hit the man's face, making him drop the hose.The force of the water starts the hose wriggling, which breaks a window, before causing an accident when the force of the water hits the driver of a passing ice cream van in the eyes, causing it to crash into another car.
Dismissed Insurance TV - Free to Air 10/02/2016
August 2017
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0348-17 Content Living
Four people are playing cards. A female of Western Asian appearance has drawn a home with no floor coverings etc. A male with a beard draws an average home. A smart-casually dressed male draws an average home with extras. A middle-class looking female draws a home with everything.
Dismissed Real Estate TV - Free to Air 09/08/2017
February 2015
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0022-15 Barracuda Boat Trailers
A woman wearing a pale pink bikini is advertising boat trailers.
Dismissed Sport and Leisure TV - Free to Air 11/02/2015
August 2016
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0356-16 Bayer Australia Ltd
The add portrays all the effort required to get through during the guys workday and a berocca will help with all this
Dismissed Health Products TV - Free to Air 24/08/2016
February 2019
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0042-19 McDonald's Aust Ltd
Advertisement promoting "double up" of main ingredients.
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 20/02/2019
February 2018
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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
September 2016
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0383-16 Freeview Australia Limited
Advertising freeview tv programs on smart TV
Dismissed Media TV - Free to Air 14/09/2016
February 2017
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0062-17 Hollard Insurance Company
Real Pay As You Drive Insurance – If Only. TVC.
Dismissed Insurance TV - Free to Air 22/02/2017
March 2016
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0078-16 Swisse Vitamins Pty Ltd
The ad suggests that the product (a "detox" pill) may be useful in people who like to indulge - this is described with a backdrop of a group of women toasting a glass of wine.
Dismissed Health Products TV - Free to Air 09/03/2016
October 2014
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0407-14 Coles
Curtis Stone was advertising for Coles fresh spring apples
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 22/10/2014
October 2018
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0434-18 Sony Pictures Releasing Pty Ltd
There are graphic scary scenes thrust into our faces- of a monster with long sharp teeth about to devour a person and there is another scene where a person is in agony writhing on the ground. 
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Entertainment TV - Free to Air 10/10/2018
October 2016
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0442-16 iSelect Pty Ltd
Man gets bitten by a cobra snake and dies
Dismissed Insurance TV - Free to Air 26/10/2016
April 2015
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0117-15 Easiyo
Free to air television ad for Easiyo yoghurt.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 15/04/2015
0125-15 Isuzu
The advertisement is for their latest Isuzu 4wd trucks. How they can go different places.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 15/04/2015
October 2017
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0446-17 Crownbet
The advert focuses on the benefits of the reward program.
Dismissed Gambling TV - Free to Air 11/10/2017
October 2018
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0468-18 Sportsbet
Sportsbet advertising which features the line 'BS responsibly'.
Dismissed Gambling TV - Free to Air 24/10/2018
December 2016
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0535-16 Muzz Buzz
Adult pouring drink on child's hair for his satisfaction.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 07/12/2016
January 2015
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0543-14 Rinnai Australia Pty Ltd
Advertisement for water heaters set in a futuristic laboratory with the main speaker (male) dressed in a white lab coat and all the extras (male) also dressed in lab coats with the female extras all dressed in skin tight catsuits. (The main speaker tries the tap on the shower and gets wet trying to set the correct temperature).
Dismissed House Goods Services TV - Free to Air 28/01/2015

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