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February 2017
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0058-17 Sweet Cheeks
Very Large picture of a saucy female with rear end exposed, this is on the main road frontage of the shop, and around the sides, this is just up the road from schools, come on!!!
Dismissed Sex Industry Outdoor 08/02/2017
February 2018
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0058-18 Buccaneer Pools & Spas
I find it highly irresponsible you picture children without ADULT supervision
Dismissed House Goods Services TV - Out of Home 21/02/2018
0059-18 McDonald's Aust Ltd
The television commercial showed 3 people using the same trampoline at the same time.
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 21/02/2018
0061-18 Coca-Cola South Pacific
Showing a couple of teenagers racing to get a drink of coke to cool down
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Pay 21/02/2018
0062-18 Coca-Cola South Pacific
The ad entails a young man and a young woman jumping off a cliff into water below.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 21/02/2018
0064-18 Coca-Cola South Pacific
The advertisement depicts two young people (early 20s) in a vehicle who observe that they are out of coke. They race to a cliff edge where they see a floating bar below with coke. Spontaneously they jump off the cliff to get the coke.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries Cinema 21/02/2018
March 2019
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0058-19 Molemap
The advertisement is brief, with narration asking the audience if they have ever been sunburnt or considered skin cancer. Moles are showed an question marks and the narrator suggests getting a mole map.
Dismissed Health Products TV - Free to Air 06/03/2019
0059-19 Campbell's Australia
Large advertisement on the side of a bus that has a box of Arnott's Shapes original barbecue crackers. The words 'This summer, open something real.' appear at the top of the advertisement.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries Transport 06/03/2019
0060-19 Yum Restaurants International
TVC featured a school play, parents in the audience were bored of the kids performance, teenager shows mum an ad on her phone with KFC deal and mum shouts out 'shut up and take my money', next scene they were seating KFC whilst upset children look on.
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 06/03/2019
0061-19 Yum Restaurants International
Facebook advertisement featuring a video - 'Last summer bucketheads gave us inspo' then slideshow that included children with KFC buckets on their heads, last frame had 'show us your #bucketheads' inviting people to interact.
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue Internet - Social - Facebook 06/03/2019
0062-19 Yum Restaurants International
A old lady goes to sit down, misses the seat and lands on her bum. Her granddaughter, starts to laugh at her pointing and making fun at her .
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 06/03/2019
0064-19 Ubisoft P/L
On demand television advertisement for Far Cry game which featured the lyrics 'it's raining men' and vision of women shooting men in a bar.
Dismissed Entertainment TV - On Demand 06/03/2019
0065-19 Stan
Television advertisement promoting Stan show 'Miracle Workers'.
Dismissed Entertainment TV - Free to Air 06/03/2019
April 2011
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0059-11 Echo Store
Image of a man wearing a t-shirt which features a woman walking up a flight of stairs. The woman's legs are bare and she is wearing g-string style underwear so most of her bottom is visible (the advertiser has now placed a censored sticker over her bottom). The text on the t-shirt reads, "I am only what you perceive me to be. Angel of the City" and the text on the Billboard reads, "Nena and Pasadena".
Dismissed Clothing Poster 13/04/2011
February 2012
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0059-12 Transperth WA
Image of two nightclub-type revellers hanging upside down, with their arms crossed, like vampires. The headline on the ad reads: Get home before sunrise. The copy reads: Free late night trains at 2.15am and 4am every Friday and Saturday night. Departing Perth and Perth Underground stations.
Dismissed Travel Poster 22/02/2012
February 2013
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0059-13 BCF
Advertising eskys and different fishing rods and reels.
Dismissed Retail 27/02/2013
0062-13 Converse
The billboard shows a man leaning over a motorbike wearing converse sneakers, jeans and a t-shirt. The slogan reads "shoes are boring, wear sneakers".
Dismissed Clothing Billboard 27/02/2013
April 2014
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0059-14 Surf Life Saving Australia
A beach scene with general public sitting on the sand, lifesavers in background, red and yellow flags with swimmer in the surf.
Dismissed Community Awareness Print 09/04/2014
February 2016
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0059-16 99 Bikes
There are two very large photographs in the windows, one male and one female.
Dismissed Sport and Leisure Poster 24/02/2016
0061-16 Twentieth Century Fox Film Distributors Pty Ltd
It was for a coming movie. The poster looked like it was for spiderman or someone in a super hero outfit. didnt see the name of the movie
Dismissed Entertainment Transport 24/02/2016
0063-16 Radio Rentals Group
The main theme of the advert is a Japanese/Chinese carton figure yellowing chop chop about prices. The man's teeth are accentuated and he is dressed in a martial arts uniform.
Dismissed House Goods Services TV - Free to Air 24/02/2016
March 2014
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0060-14 Southern Cross Austereo
The three hosts were talking about winning prizes and what would you do if you one, the female host said upgrade and then the two male hosts turned into topless male models.
Dismissed Media 12/03/2014
0061-14 Wicked Campers
"To all virgins: Thanks for nothing" rego plate 457 SKA
Dismissed Travel Transport 12/03/2014
0062-14 WorkSafe Victoria
Worksafe Victoria advert with a female burns victom who pours poison on herself.
Dismissed Community Awareness 12/03/2014
0063-14 Lion
Corona has a couple of billboards depicting male youths, who appear to me to be underaged, drinking beer in a camping/outdoors environment.
Dismissed Alcohol Billboard 12/03/2014
0064-14 Yum Restaurants International
It is an advertisement for the new KFC chicken nachos
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue 12/03/2014
March 2015
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0060-15 Comparethemarket.com.au
Television commercial featuring meerkats.
Dismissed Insurance TV - Free to Air 11/03/2015
0061-15 iSelect Pty Ltd
iSelect health insurance advert which includes a QANTAS frequent flyer double points promotion.
Dismissed Insurance TV - Free to Air 11/03/2015
0065-15 Cancer Council WA
The advertisement was an anti smoking ad which depicted the graphic consequences of smoking. The advertising depicted graphic medical procedures and adult related content.
Dismissed Community Awareness TV - Free to Air 11/03/2015
February 2017
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0060-17 Australian Football League
Women's Australian League Football "I'd like to see that" commercial
Dismissed Sport and Leisure TV - Free to Air 22/02/2017
0061-17 KIA Automotive Australia
The ad shows a variety of Kia vehicles that are on special.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 22/02/2017
0062-17 Hollard Insurance Company
Real Pay As You Drive Insurance – If Only. TVC.
Dismissed Insurance TV - Free to Air 22/02/2017
0063-17 Yum Restaurants International
A group of youths were watching TV and wanted to turn on the air conditioning
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 22/02/2017
0064-17 AAMI
Up Ship Creek (which is repeated several times including by kids to sound like up shit creek).
Dismissed Insurance TV - Free to Air 22/02/2017
0065-17 Retail Food Group
Slogan at the end of the advertisement says "life's too short for a crap wrap."
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 22/02/2017
March 2011
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0061-11 NSW Health Department
An animation depicting two young adults: one male and the other female. At the start of the TVC, they are momentarily positioned in the foreground and are facing each other. Shortly after, they approach each other and embrace. This image is held then starts to recede as the couple’s embrace changes. Simultaneously, the branch structure is revealed which carries the first couple to the background while the branching effect grows to reveal other images of couples in various embraces.
Dismissed Community Awareness 09/03/2011
0062-11 Zinc Lifestyle & Gifts
Collage of images which include two female faces, hot air balloons, a man with a guitar and a young boy in a space suit holding what appears to be a large gun.
Dismissed Clothing Outdoor 09/03/2011
0063-11 Specialty Fashion Group (Katies)
Image of a man wearing a blue and white striped shirt with his arms in the air. Above him, in large red text, it reads, "Happy Husband Sale. Prices you won't have to lie about".
Dismissed Clothing Poster 09/03/2011
0064-11 Ramsay Healthcare Ltd
A series of bright advertisements for Mole Patrol. One has the words, "Bugger off mole", another has the words, "Skanky mole". They all feature the text, "Don't get done by the sun. The mole patrol is out there. www.buggeroffmole.com."
Dismissed Community Awareness Billboard 09/03/2011
0065-11 Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd
A woman is cradling a young baby in her arms and in the background there is a scary looking clown holding a gun. The text reads, "Underbelly files. Special movie event. Tell them Lucifer was here. 9."
Dismissed Entertainment Poster 09/03/2011
March 2012
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0061-12 Mitsubishi Motors Aust Ltd
Television commercial introduces three Mitsubishi 'Platinum Edition' vehicles. It then goes on the show individual features such as leather seats, reversing camera and Bluetooth as specific features of the Platinum range. In one scene we see a woman parking her Lancer outside an inner city café. She is admiring a good-looking guy who us walking down the pavement towards her. As he passes the Lancer, we see her subtly engage reverse gear activating the rear vision mirror so she can continue to admire his other side as she reverses.
Dismissed Vehicle 14/03/2012
0062-12 Mitsubishi Motors Aust Ltd
Radio ad for Mitsubishi Motors where we hear voices of two upper-class British colonists. They speak about the inconvenience of an alien invasion while they are enjoying afternoon tea with one of them saying, "Bollocks..." Voice changes to talk about the convenience pack now available on a Mitsubishi Lancer ES at your local Mitsubishi dealer.
Dismissed Vehicle Radio 14/03/2012
0063-12 Coles
Curtis Stone talks about the freshness of Coles' fruit and vegetables and states that Coles never freeze and never thaw their "fresh Aussie fruit and veggies."
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 14/03/2012
0065-12 Brierley Hose and Handling
The commercial shows a young female in shorts in a workshop, picking up a particular hose, walking to difficult locations within the workshop and performing different tasks with this hose pipe.
Dismissed Retail 14/03/2012
March 2016
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0062-16 Medibank Private Ltd
It showed diferent categories of people who could join Medibank
Dismissed Insurance TV - Free to Air 09/03/2016
March 2013
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0063-13 Ford Motor Co of Aust Ltd
Young woman describing her going out shoes - her father advising her to wear sensible driving shoes, and her compromise to still wear her 'wedge' on the clutch foot. Ad emphasises bonus storage beneath passenger seat, ideal for shoes.
Dismissed Vehicle 13/03/2013
0064-13 Unilever Australasia
The ad portrays a great number of people drinking the beverage and then enjoying various fun pursuits under water in a pool apparently without the need to breathe.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 13/03/2013
0065-13 Virgin Money (Australia) Pty Limited
A man appears to be struggling to install a child’s car-seat, and a woman (presumably his spouse) arrives to assist him in this task. During this time, she educates him as to the potential benefits of a Virgin life-insurance policy.
Dismissed Insurance TV - Pay 13/03/2013
February 2018
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0063-18 AHM Health Insurance
Health insurance add from AHM with a chiropractor, physiotherapist, naturopath, optometrist and dentist with an Aussie cricketer. Advertising for “health insurance you’ll actually use”.
Dismissed Insurance TV - Free to Air 07/02/2018
February 2015
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0064-15 Century Entertainment
The poster says "talk shit get hit". There are a few of them all in a line and easy to ready - especially by my young children.
Dismissed Entertainment Outdoor 25/02/2015

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