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February 2006
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397-05 Bugal Pty Ltd
Bugal - Mobilemojo - 3970170 & 3979070 - lesbian acts
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Telecommunications Print 14/02/2006
September 2012
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0369-12 Ontilt Events
White vans with information about the services provided by Ontilt Events. There is an image of people playing cards at a table accompanied by the text, "Please visit OntiltEvents. com for a venue near you" and an image of a topless woman with one arm above her head and the text, "WA's sexiest party poker dealers" across her chest. Other text reads, "Play free poker" and "Australia's most FUN, CREATIVE and ENTERTAINING poker events". On the back of the van there is a contact number: "Enquiries 0431 272 789".
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Other Transport 12/09/2012
March 2019
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0056-19 Medibank Private Ltd
Channel 7 went to an adbreak from the news and immediately went to a Medibank Health Update which contained a reporter and an interviewee. A Channel 7 lower thirds chryon came up explaining upcoming news stories. It stayed on for a large duration of this advertorial. After it finished and the Channel 7 information went away a Medibank insurance ad came on as part of the normal ad break.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Health Products TV - Free to Air 06/03/2019
September 2009
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435-09 Paramount Pictures Australia
Paramount Pictures Australia - Radio. features excerpts from the "I love you man" movie
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Entertainment Radio 23/09/2009
December 2009
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561-09 FOXTEL Management Pty Ltd
Foxtel - Comedy with balls - Bus shelters (561/09)- guy on ground looking up girl's skirt
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Telecommunications TV - Pay 09/12/2009
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
November 2015
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0453-15 powershop.com.au
Illustration of electrical PowerPoint depicted as Japanese face and referencing movie Kill Bill.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued House Goods Services Billboard 25/11/2015
April 2011
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0131-11 Scotch and Soda
Collage of images of models wearing Scotch and Soda clothing. In one image the female model is holding a cigarette. The text on the advertisement reads, "Scotch and Soda Amsterdam Couture. Autumn/Winter 2011. www.scotch-soda.com.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Clothing Poster 27/04/2011
October 2017
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0466-17 Youfoodz
A young boy around 7-8 years of age has a fork in his hand while dressed like a chef and repeatedly says "forking" during his speech, which is obviously meant to be "fucking". It is inappropriate and offensive that anyone would say that in a commercial - let alone a young child. Children watch The Block and this commercial has aired numerous times during The Block. It now has the word bleeped out.... but the intent is still there.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 25/10/2017
July 1999
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210-99 People's Truth Pty Ltd
People's Truth - (www.heartbalm.com.au)
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Media Outdoor 13/07/1999
December 2012
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0476-12 Sportsbet
SMS notification appearing while playing games on phone. The ad reads: ‘Bet Every Race, Every Day’.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Gambling SMS 12/12/2012
May 2011
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0145-11 Supre Pty Ltd
Brunette girl wearing a pair of jeggings and beige high heeled shoes and no top. She is standing with her thumbs hooked in to the pockets of the jeggings and her long hair is covering her breasts. To the right of her there are 3 close up images of the features of the product. The text at the bottom reads, "It's all about Jeggings. supre.com.au."
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Clothing Transport 25/05/2011
February 2010
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22-10 Crazy Domains
Crazy Domains - (22/10) TV. Male fantasy with Pamela Anderson
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Telecommunications Internet 10/02/2010
December 2010
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0494-10 Nissan Motor Co (Aust) Pty Ltd
Two families driving a Nissan X-TRAIL to their holiday destination. One family travels with surfboards to the beach, the other travels with a kayak and bikes to a campground.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Vehicle TV - Pay 08/12/2010
September 2005
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232-05 Geoff Walsh Engine Parts Pty Ltd
Geoff Walsh Engine Parts - "this plastic cup is f----d" - comment made after Q&A session where Geoff's answers are always "No worries" which is his well-known tagline
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Retail Radio 13/09/2005
January 2012
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0507-11 Icebreaker
A man stands in the foreground and behind him there are two almost naked women; their bottoms are naked and they are removing their bras/tops. The headline reads "Would You Believe? They Won't Smell You Coming. One Shirt, One Week, No Stink. Icebreaker.com"
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Clothing Print 18/01/2012
June 2009
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238-09 Rivers (Aust) Pty Ltd
Rivers (238/09) Print - "Bi polar" fleece vest
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Clothing Print 10/06/2009
December 2017
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0556-17 Surfstitch
Young women on a beach in bikinis with their legs spread and close ups on g-stringed bikini bottoms.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Clothing TV - On Demand 19/12/2017
June 2013
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0203-13 Nissan Motor Co (Aust) Pty Ltd
The ad showed a couple one of whom was pregnant timing their trip from home to the hospital in a car .The car gave the impression that it was speeding and when they arrived at the hospital the couple congratulated each other on the time they took as it was only a practice for the real event.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Vehicle TV - Pay 19/06/2013
March 2020
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0075-20 Brisbane City Council
This billboard advertisement depicts a man riding a bike on a bridge. The man is wearing a bicycle helmet and a checked shirt.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Community Awareness Billboard 11/03/2020
June 2020
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0183-20 BMW Group Australia
This television advertisement features the tagline "Joy to come" and depicts scenes including a man sitting in a dark room, a person viewed through a window as it rains, a man laying down using his phone, close up imagery of a vehicle, people hugging, a couple on a beach and in the water, people playing basketball, people sitting on the beach, a group of women laughing in a vehicle, a man and two children running through the woods, a vehicle parked on a cliff, and a person skareboarding down the centre of a road.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Vehicle TV - Free to Air 24/06/2020
August 2020
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0244-20 National Australia Bank
This Pay TV advertisement features scenes of people viewed from above, going about their day. Scenes include a man unloading a truck, a woman walking with coffees, two children walking with a football.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Finance/Investment TV - Pay 12/08/2020
July 2014
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0230-14 McDonald's Aust Ltd
The advertising communication complained of is a voucher for a free serving of French fries (small) with any menu purchase at specified McDonalds: Shepparton South, Shepparton City, Shepparton North, Echuca and Mooroopna in Victoria. We understand the voucher was handed out upon a child’s admission to the SPC Ardmona KidsTown Adventure Playground (Playground) which is located between Shepparton and Mooroopna in Victoria. Pictures and branding from the Playground are also featured on the voucher.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Food/Bev Venue Print 09/07/2014
October 2020
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0299-20 Ben & Jerry’s Chatswood
This voucher features the words, "This certifies that ______ is an A-MOO-ZING ACHIEVER. Well done! For your a-moo-zing achievement go to Ben and Jerry's Chatswood Scoop Shop to get a FREE scoop in a choc dipped cone." The voucher includes a picture of an ice-cream and a cow.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Food/Bev Venue Promotional Material 21/10/2020
August 2012
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0262-12 Key Factors
Image of a dog covered in wooden pegs. The text reads, "Feeling the pinch?" and goes on to describe the financial services provided by Key Factors.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Finance/Investment Print 08/08/2012
February 2009
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32-09 Planbuild
Planbuild - Billboard of naked woman wearing a tool belt and holding a saw across her chest
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Outdoor 11/02/2009
33-09 Moorilla P/L
Moorilla - Advertisement in Daily telegraph shows woman naked from waist up
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Alcohol Print 11/02/2009
October 1999
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322-99 Hamilton Island Enterprises
Hamilton Island Enterprises - "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome"
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Travel Outdoor 12/10/1999
May 2008
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158-08 InsuranceLine Pty Ltd
InsuranceLine - Telephone/Carpark - man hit with telephone
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Insurance 19/05/2008
August 2015
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0300-15 WA AIDS Council
Advertisement by Project X on Page 6 of the Perth Voice local newspaper (delivered free to all homes, circulation 31,000). The Advert promotes two information forums:1) Better Head and Orgasms2) A** Classincluding health rectum, anal sex, douching, giving and getting what most men dream of.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Health Products Print 12/08/2015
July 2017
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0315-17 Lovett Industries
Lovett Industries - Phat Drift TrikesAustralian Designed Vintage Inspired Electric BikeThe World's Sweetest Electric Bike designed by us - www.michaelblast.com.auhttps://www.facebook.com/lovettindustries/?hc_ref=ADS&fref=nf&ft[tn]=kC&ft[qid]=6431320945121895007&ft[mf_story_key]=8263933710811210583&ft[is_sponsored]=1&ft[ei]=AI%402dfd17084c7bf551995c5b98f2b7c4a0&ft[top_level_post_id]=1518724064839631&ft[page_id]=860824317296279&ft[fbfeed_location]=1&ft[ordinal_position]=2%3A1&ft[insertion_position]=1&__md__=1
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Sport and Leisure Internet - Social - Facebook 26/07/2017
September 2014
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0343-14 Advanced Medical Institute
It was an AMI Advertisement that I saw on Channel 7 that had 3 ladies yelling from a balcony that they can't take it any more and that they want longer lasting SEX.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Professional Services TV - Free to Air 10/09/2014
February 2016
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0020-16 Ultra Tune Australia
Ad for car servicing featuring two women in a car caught on a train track.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Automotive TV - Free to Air 10/02/2016
November 2008
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431-08 Johnson & Johnson Pacific Pty Ltd
Johnson & Johnson - baby bath solution - baby's cot has bumpers
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued TV - Pay 12/11/2008
October 2010
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0407-10 Nestle Australia Ltd
The text "8 kids" appears on the screen in white, bold type and we seen 8 different children, shown separately. The text then changes to read "8 artists" and we see 8 different adults. We then see a montage of the kids working with the adults to create different artwork, with each kid/adult pairing using a different colour. The screen then splits into 9 sqaures and in the outer squares we see the different children, with the background matching the colour of their artwork.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Food/Bev Groceries 13/10/2010
0411-10 Calvin Klein Underwear
Image on the left shows three men and one woman. Two of the men are wearing jeans and no tops, and the top buttons of their jeans are undone. The third man is wearing a dark shirt which is unbuttoned to the waist and we cannot see if he is wearing jeans. The woman is wearing a black bra and one of the straps is falling off her shoulder. She appears to be naked otherwise. The woman is lying on her back with her head resting on the thighs of one of the men, and he is looking down at her. Another man is crouched over her and appears to be about to kiss her neck.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Clothing Billboard 13/10/2010
March 2018
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0097-18 The Smith Family
A blonde woman is seen driving a grey 4WD, with her child in the back. She stops the vehicle in a schoolzone, directly in front of a pedestrian crossing. The child starts to get out of the car, while the mother watches, first as a group of young children go skipping across the pedestrian crossing, without looking to see if any vehicles are approaching, then followed by a young, small child who also crosses the road (without stopping or looking, at all for oncoming traffic), looking very depressed. The mother looks very concerned and pensive.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Community Awareness TV - Free to Air 07/03/2018
November 2009
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522-09 Adroit Panels
Adroit Panels (522/09) Radio girlfried attacks boyfriends car after finding he has been cheating 'oh please babe not the car'
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Radio 25/11/2009
November 2012
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0468-12 SindeRellas
Sinderellas we have it all. Your one stop adult shop. Sex in the shower plus pictures, we vibe 3 plus pictures, two sex looking women.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Sex Industry Print 28/11/2012
November 1998
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218-98 Barbeques Galore (Aust.) Pty Ltd
Barbeques Galore - Man & Woman in motor car.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Retail 11/11/1998
March 2006
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86-06 Gatorade Aust Pty Ltd
Gatorade - children outdoor exercising and playing sport - not wearing sun hats
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Food/Bev Groceries 14/03/2006
March 2010
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91-10 B.A.T Trims
This Internet advertisement is on the advertiser's own website. There is a banner across the website which features rolling images of tools and other equipment available. There are two images of women among the images of the tools. The first image depicts a woman on her knees using a tile cutter. The woman is wearing short shorts, a singlet top and enclosed shoes. The second image depicts a woman wearing a bikini standing holding a grout gun. She is against a tiled background.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Hardware/Machinery Internet 24/03/2010
June 2009
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241-09 POM Wonderful
POM Wonderful - Transport ad for pomegranate juice with cut of rope around the neck of the bottle.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Food/Bev Groceries Transport 24/06/2009
May 2012
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0193-12 Strike Bowling Bar
Poster which reads, "It's all fun and games until you shoot your girlfriend" - Laser Skirmish coming soon to level 3 at Strike Melbourne Central.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Outdoor 23/05/2012
February 2020
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0052-20 RaffleTix
This Facebook advertisement features a photo of a woman in white underpants and a white crop-top leaning against a grey Mustang.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Gambling Internet - Social - Facebook 12/02/2020
June 2010
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0216-10 Sexpo Pty Ltd
Billboard image includes 3 women posing seductively in pink bikini's and a muscular male in red underwear also. One of the women has her thumb hooked into the front of her bikini bottoms pulling them down slightly and another with her thumbs hooked into both sides of the bikini pants.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Sex Industry Billboard 25/06/2010
May 2020
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0150-20 Catch Group
This internet advertisement features: - an image of a woman's lower half in pink underpants - an image of a woman in a black bodysuit with open criss-cross downt he centre of her torso. There is a star over her genitals.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Clothing Internet 27/05/2020
October 2004
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280-04 Mercedes-Benz Aust/Pacific P/L
DaimlerChrysler - Mercedes Benz - Karma - Buddist monks driving, swerving to avoid killing insects
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued 12/10/2004
April 2006
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127-06 Jamba! GmbH
Jamba - Jamster - naked girls rubbing bodies, blonde in shower with water nozzle caressing breasts.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued 11/04/2006
June 2000
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162-00 Ben Sherman (Aust) Pty Ltd
Ben Sherman - cut sharp shirt
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Clothing Print 13/06/2000

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