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February 2017
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0552-16 Lottoland
Lottoland. All the lotto land with the grandma hiding her gambling habits on her mobile.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Gambling TV - Free to Air 08/02/2017
September 2006
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362-06 Reckitt Benckiser (Aust) Pty Ltd
Reckitt Benckiser - Nurofen - Samantha Perkins tells Georgie Parker she takes Nurofen Plus for strong pain, and Nurofen for mild pain. "I take Nurofen at the slightest sign of pain"
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Health Products 12/09/2006
May 2008
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133-08 Trading Post Australia Pty Ltd
Trading Post - swing - young boy keeps pushing his little sister in the back, pushes tables & chairs, holds closed garage door so Mum can't get her car out etc so parents use Trading Post to buy a swing so he can push his sister
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Media 19/05/2008
159-08 Nando's Australia Pty Ltd
Nando's - F word ineffectively bleeped
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Radio 19/05/2008
August 2013
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0264-13 Fire and Rescue NSW
The advert was warning about Fire Safety in the Home and promoting having a Fire Safety Audit at home. The logo said NSW Government with GIO insurance and the NSW Fire Service.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Community Awareness 14/08/2013
May 2006
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145-06 Pulp
Pulp - Black Never Dies - young woman in black holding switched-on hairdryer, slips and falls into water-filled bath. As hairdryer sparks she sits up in the bath apparently unharmed
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Clothing 09/05/2006
May 2009
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165-09 Coca-Cola South Pacific Pty Ltd
Coca Cola (165/09) - break up - Pay TV
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Food/Bev Groceries TV - Pay 14/05/2009
August 2012
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0299-12 Star Track
The advertisement shows how Star Track operates and we see parcels being sorted in a warehouse and trucks delivering the parcels. In one scene we see a young girl leaning out of the open window of a moving car to wave at someone. The tagline is 'Bigger. Better. Faster.”
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Professional Services TV - Pay 08/08/2012
September 2013
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0306-13 Naughty But Nice
The poster is in the window of a Naughty but Nice shop. It is a large poster of a woman's bottom wearing a G-string.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Sex Industry Poster 11/09/2013
August 2017
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0341-17 Lexus Australia
The advertisement described the power and speed of the red Lexus sports car.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Vehicle TV - Free to Air 09/08/2017
September 2015
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0345-15 Youi Car Insurance
A car full of young people and the passengers are distracting the driver by using a mobile phone in the back seat.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Insurance TV - Free to Air 09/09/2015
June 2003
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187-03 Nissan Motor Co (Aust) Pty Ltd
Nissan - 350Z - trailer for DVD "The Run" - car speeds through streets of Prague.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Cinema 10/06/2003
September 2012
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0353-12 ShearEwe
Image of a woman wearing a pink jumpsuit reclining on a chair whilst a man appears about to shear her as if she were a sheep. The text reads, "Shear Ewe Livestock Services. Taking the hard work out of hobby farming".
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Professional Services Internet - Social - Other 12/09/2012
February 2014
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0030-14 Enhance Clinic
It has a nude woman on it with a single line of the word Enhance across the nipple of the breast and her hand slightly over the vagina area.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Beauty Salon Billboard 12/02/2014
August 2005
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219-05 Bayer Australia Ltd
Bayer - Berocca - speeding train comes up behind athlete running on railway track
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Health Products 09/08/2005
February 2018
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0066-18 Sunraysia Marine
Radio commercial
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Vehicle Radio 07/02/2018
March 2018
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0113-18 iSelect Pty Ltd
Choosing ISelect as a product due to rising costs of Health Insurance.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Insurance TV - Free to Air 21/03/2018
April 2011
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0118-11 Liquor Alliance (VIC)
Young men are shown running through the streets at night placing stickers featuring the word "HUMP" on various signs, thus changing their intended meaning: Give Hump instead of Give Way, Express Hump instread of Express Post and so on. At the end of the advertisement the men are shown running in to a Thirsty Camel Bottleshop whilst laughing, and the voice over says, "Think Camel".
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Alcohol 13/04/2011
March 2017
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0130-17 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize
It is about 4m high by 8m long at street level on front of the Moran building at 13-15 Bridge St. It is advertising the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Other Poster 22/03/2017
January 2020
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0016-20 Spiral Foods
This website advertisement is a product listing for Minced Garlic.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Food/Bev Groceries Internet 22/01/2020
August 2006
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270-06 Kimberly-Clark Aust Pty Ltd
Kimberly-Clark - Kleenex - father at hospital gazing at a baby wearing a hat thru nursery window at hospital, wife directs him to correct baby and they wipe tears away with tissues
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Toiletries 08/08/2006
May 2014
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0141-14 St. George Scrap Metal
Billboard in Rockdale for St. George Metal Recovery with tagline:"They are definitely not the largest but I wouldn't sell my stuff to anyone else".www.2scrap.com.au
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Hardware/Machinery Billboard 14/05/2014
May 2013
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0155-13 Global Herbal Products
I was disgusted to see, a sexual enhancement product that is shown on a full wrapped surfside bus on the Gold Coast. This advertisement mentions sex, enhancement and has nudity, a girl topless, showing a small area of her breast while intimately cuddling a man.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Food/Bev Groceries Transport 22/05/2013
April 2016
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0158-16 Grill'd
Posters that say "The Good SHIT" which is meant to be clever, because it's about ScHnITzel, but it is a poster with "SHIT" on it in a damn shopping centre food court, which has little enough class as it is.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Food/Bev Venue Poster 13/04/2016
March 2021
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0043-21 Volvo Car Australia
This TV On Demand advertisement features various scenes of parents taking care of children, running around after them etc. The advertisement then shows a woman driving a car. She looks tired and seems to begin to fall asleep. The car is shown to edge towards the oncoming lane. The vehicle engages Lane Keeping Aid and automatically corrects itself back into her lane, avoiding an oncoming truck. The woman wakes up. Text on screen states "The car that looks after you, like you look after others".
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Vehicle TV - On Demand 10/03/2021
September 2007
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310-07 The Hellfire Club
The Hellfire Club - internet - obese woman holding cigarette, naked from waist up
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Entertainment Internet 11/09/2007
June 2013
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0195-13 Nissan Motor Co (Aust) Pty Ltd
TV advertisement for Nissan Pulsar Hatch.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Vehicle 19/06/2013
0204-13 Nissan Motor Co (Aust) Pty Ltd
The New Nissan pulsar ad of two people speeding to a hospital - she's pretending she’s pregnant and his timing his effort to get her there.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Vehicle Cinema 19/06/2013
June 2011
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0199-11 Steer Bar & Grill
Postcard ad. Double sided. One side features female legs with short skirt and high heels with the text: 'Find a great bit of skirt at Steer.' Reverse side features a meat tray and a cooked steak with text detailing steak varieties etc available at Steer.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Mail 22/06/2011
July 2012
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0289-12 Queensland Theatre Company
A couple are lying down on their sides. The lower half of their bodies is covered in a silky fabric. The female is looking directly at the camera and has a light coloured gown on. The male, shirtless, has his arm wrapped around the female. The text reads, ""Queensland Theatre Company. Ignite your love of theatre. Buy a flexible season ticket and save up to 30%. theatre2012.com.au.""
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Entertainment Billboard 25/07/2012
April 2009
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163-09 Dreams Gentlemen's Club
Dreams Gentlemen's Club (163/09) - billboard bright pink background with young woman in bikini with one arm up behind head and other covering her breasts.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Sex Industry Outdoor 22/04/2009
June 2000
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172-00 Heart Research Institute Ltd (The)
Heart Research Institute - 'forget schizophrenia'
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Community Awareness Print 13/06/2000
August 2015
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0307-15 Airtrain Brisbane
Ad with copy: "Don't worry about getting to the Gold Coast, only worry about your sick tan."
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Travel Outdoor 12/08/2015
September 2013
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0335-13 Murray Goulburn
A girl is shown though a series of situations to be a fluorescent, glowing green. Other children are cautious of her and she is used to light the bonnet of a car which has broken down. Her parents express concern. The words 'PRESERVATIVES HAVE CONSEQUENCES' appears on the screen.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Food/Bev Groceries Internet 25/09/2013
January 2015
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0008-15 Sinchies
Email sent out about smuggling alcohol in pouches from company that make them.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Retail Internet 28/01/2015
February 2016
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0052-16 Sexyland
Billboard shows naked women's legs spread out with male legs in between and socks on. On the other side are items sold in the shop.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Sex Industry Billboard 24/02/2016
February 2018
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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
March 2007
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77-07 Medibank Private Ltd
Medibank Private - young girl ironing curly hair straight "We can't stop kids being kids"
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Insurance Print 13/03/2007
April 2014
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0115-14 Dollar Shave Club
A man walks through a warehouse, doing various things catches a tennis raquet in his left hand, hit a tennis ball, then gets on the front of a reversing forklift, then hold a box while a worker extends the tape while he hits it with a huge blade, then throws the box to a person wearing a bear suit, then walks alnong a pile of parcels. The ad is here http://au.dollarshaveclub.com/
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Finance/Investment 23/04/2014
September 2019
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0308-19 South Australian Tourism Commission
This television advertisement depicts an elderly man visiting tourist sites in South Australia.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Travel TV - Free to Air 25/09/2019
December 2011
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0459-11 Pink Hotel
Banner includes the image of a woman kneeling on the sand with a black bikini bottom on and her hands covering her naked breasts.The text reads "Hot Hot Girls" and "If you want to see more come inside."
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Other Outdoor 07/12/2011
March 2020
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0095-20 Woolworths Group Limited
This Facebook advertisement is an approximately six minute long video titled ‘The World’s Biggest Beer Run Episode 5: Italy’. The part of the advertisement subject to the complaint is a scene (at 4:52) that depicts a person seated on a pallet being carried on a forklift which is being operated by another person.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Alcohol Internet - Social - Facebook 25/03/2020
April 2020
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0114-20 Kayo Sports
This television advertisement has two versions and features people watching their phones when two football players engage in a tackle near them.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Entertainment TV - Free to Air 08/04/2020
May 2012
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0167-12 Symex
A steel knife in a plastic bag marked as evidence with the names of a victim of assault as well as the alleged perpetrator and the police officer in charge of the investigation. The words “Case Dismissed” are in small print below the corner of the plastic bag. An image of Sunlight Power dishwashing foam is also featured on the bottom right hand corner of the advertisement.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued House Goods Services Print 23/05/2012
May 2010
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0178-10 Choice Magazine
This Print advertisement depicts image of man sitting in fridge wearing a beenie and and white coat with caption "After testing 48 fridges, Petr has gone to all extremes to get you the best buy". A special subscription offer '4 issues for just $4' is featured with caption in small print 'Petr has been a Product Tester for 11 years'.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Media Print 12/05/2010
June 2014
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0189-14 Kinki Gerlinki
The advertisement is for a 'flash' three day sale. It depicts a male Figure holding open his coat to a female figure who is facing him with her face covered by her hands.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Clothing Internet 11/06/2014
July 2013
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0247-13 Mondelez Australia Pty Ltd
The advertisement is for Oreo chocolate biscuits. The advertisement shows a bright blue background with animated Oreo cookies arranged neatly in even rows, as if ready for a game. As the catchy “wonder filled” theme jingle begins, Oreos flip over in time with the music to show their white filling, and the word “wonder” appears on the screen, with an Oreo for the ‘o’. An animated sequence then begins with a cartoon hand holding an Oreo zooming through the sky spelling out words in time with the jingle.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Food/Bev Groceries 24/07/2013
June 2017
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0278-17 Paramount Pictures Australia
The ad is for the film Baywatch
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Entertainment TV - Free to Air 21/06/2017
May 2009
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161-09 Meat & Livestock Australia Ltd
MLA - Print ad 161/09 for Red Meat - we were meant to eat it.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Food/Bev Groceries Print 27/05/2009
January 2008
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442-07 Global One Mobile Entertainment
Global One - My Happy Ending - SMS COME to 1970 6666 - amateur women "come" on your mobile
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued 16/01/2008

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