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July 2001
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Media Determination datesort ascending
150-01 Groupe SEB Aust Pty Ltd
Groupe SEB - Avantis Iron by Tefal - iron with life of its own flattens cat
Dismissed 10/07/2001
151-01 Nintendo Australia Pty Limited
Nintendo - Conkers bad fur day
Dismissed 10/07/2001
152-01 Konica Australia Pty Ltd
Konica Australia - attractive female office worker describes photocopier to male colleagues
Dismissed 10/07/2001
153-01 Dolce Pelle Pty Ltd
Dolce Pelle - Sugaring - naked couple
Dismissed Print 10/07/2001
154-01 Australian Ballet The
Australian Ballet - 'Tivoli'
Dismissed Entertainment Print 10/07/2001
155-01 Novartis Consumer Health A/asia Pty Ltd
Novartis Consumer Health - Jarrah Café Latte - transvestite
Dismissed 10/07/2001
156-01 Samsung Electronics Aust Pty Ltd
Samsung - Joystick Phone - bikini-clad woman - 'Joystick: Just out.'
Dismissed Telecommunications Print 10/07/2001
158-01 Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union
Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union - The Pier
Dismissed Other 10/07/2001
160-01 Australian Therapeutic Supplies Pty Ltd
Australian Therapeutic Supplies - Four Seasons condoms - 3 full, vertical condoms
Dismissed Health Products Outdoor 10/07/2001
161-01 Aventis Pharma Pty Ltd
Aventis Pharma - Telfast Decongestant- man picking his nose and woman looking on
Dismissed Health Products Print 10/07/2001
162-01 Mitsubishi Motors Aust Ltd
Mitsubishi - Magna - People in vehicle having a 'fun time' and driver rocking to loud music.
Dismissed 10/07/2001
164-01 Advanced Medical Institute
AMI - "malfunction in his engine room"
Dismissed Health Products 10/07/2001
165-01 Rivers (Aust) Pty Ltd
Rivers - Catalogue insert in newspapers - Woman with bare bum seated in front of wardrobe with two men dressing.
Dismissed Clothing Print 10/07/2001
166-01 All-Fect Distributors Ltd
All-Fect Distributors - Bon-o-Bon Chocolates - 'Border Crossing'
Dismissed 10/07/2001
167-01 Simplot Aust Pty Ltd
Simplot - Four n' Twenty Pies - 'Rabbit Food'
Dismissed 10/07/2001
168-01 RACQ
RACQ - (1) Dad imitates son's driving (2)wife car breaks down (3)boat accident (4) topiary tree (5) doorbell sounds like car horn (6) backseat behaviour by sons (7) mature couple(8) chihauhau with vet bucket on head
Dismissed 10/07/2001
172-01 Nintendo Australia Pty Limited
Nintendo - Gameboy - chanting Satanists
Dismissed 10/07/2001
June 2001
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Media Determination datesort ascending
130-01 McDonald's Aust Ltd
McDonald's - girl germs
Dismissed 14/06/2001
June 2001
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Media Determination datesort ascending
111-01 Mountaintop Herbs Pty Ltd
Mountaintop Herbs - Herbal Enhancer - 'Amazing Jane!'
Dismissed Health Products Print 12/06/2001
114-01 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota - Echo - 'Peripheral Vision'
Dismissed 12/06/2001
115-01 Bayer Australia Ltd
Bayer - Racumin Paste - rat emerges from lavatory
Dismissed 12/06/2001
116-01 Cottons Pty Ltd
Cottons - tampons - male road worker portrayed as menstruating woman
Dismissed Toiletries 12/06/2001
117-01 Wrigley Co Pty Ltd The
Wrigley - Eclipse - rich old man marries predatory young nurse
Dismissed 12/06/2001
119-01 Network Foods Ltd
Network Foods - Lofthouse's Fisherman's Friend - 'The Best Suck in Town'
Dismissed Health Products Outdoor 12/06/2001
120-01 Unilever Australasia
Unilever - Continental - Asian man spreadeagled over candle
Dismissed 12/06/2001
122-01 Unilever Australasia
Unilever - Flora ProActiv Margarine - man jumping off cliff is in fact bungee jumping
Dismissed 12/06/2001
123-01 Just Jeans Group
Just Jeans - Snowman's nose becomes erect penis
Dismissed Clothing 12/06/2001
124-01 Bayswater Car Rental Pty Ltd
Bayswater Car Rental - Aboriginal boy's face "20 y.olds accepted"
Dismissed Travel Print 12/06/2001
126-01 Lever Rexona
Lever Rexona - Lynx Deodorant Cologne - 3 ads - female doctor, train passenger and masseuse show interest in men
Dismissed Toiletries 12/06/2001
127-01 IOF Australia Pty Ltd
IOF - naked woman and Georgia executive chair
Dismissed Print 12/06/2001
128-01 Coca-Cola South Pacific Pty Ltd
Coca-Cola - 'Youth Heartland Night Swim'
Dismissed 12/06/2001
131-01 Cerebos Foods
Cerebos - Fountain Squeezie Tomato Sauce - 'Burger' - girl squirts sauce in boy's mouth
Dismissed 12/06/2001
132-01 Janome Sewing Machine Company
Janome Sewing Machine Co. - Older woman physically abuses young salesman
Dismissed 12/06/2001
133-01 YSL Beaute Australia Pty Ltd
YSL Beaute - Paris d'Yves Saint Laurent
Dismissed Toiletries Print 12/06/2001
134-01 Goodman Fielder Baking Australia
Goodman Fielder - Buttercup Big Bite Muffins - 'fit more on, moron!'
Dismissed 12/06/2001
135-01 McDonald's Aust Ltd
McDonald's - Burgermeister - German Accents
Dismissed 12/06/2001
136-01 Triumph International (Aust) Pty Ltd
Triumph - 'All Women - All Woman' - 'Liquid Assets' bra
Dismissed Clothing Outdoor 12/06/2001
137-01 Sancella Pty Ltd
Sancella - Libra Snakeskins - snake in handbag
Dismissed Health Products 12/06/2001
138-01 Unilever Australasia
Unilever - Lipton - Tea - man in underpants 'indicating a sex act'
Dismissed 12/06/2001
139-01 Melbourne Museum
Melbourne Museum - naked man lying down (tram posters)
Dismissed Transport 12/06/2001
141-01 Australian Therapeutic Supplies Pty Ltd
Australian Therapeutic Supplies - Four Seasons condoms - '1 brand, 2 sexes, 3 sizes'
Dismissed Health Products Outdoor 12/06/2001
143-01 FHM
FHM magazine - bus shelter poster - woman in underwear
Dismissed Media Outdoor 12/06/2001
144-01 Unilever Australasia
Unilever - 'More Than Just a Cook' campaign - 7 ads; 2 complaints about Chicken Rice advertisement - Mum as Santa
Dismissed 12/06/2001
146-01 ICN Pharmaceuticals Australasia Pty Ltd
ICN Pharmaceuticals - Nyal cough medicine - mother leaves cap off bottle
Dismissed Health Products 12/06/2001
147-01 Telstra Corporation Ltd
Telstra - man's girlfriend wears T shirt gift from his mother
Dismissed Telecommunications 12/06/2001
148-01 National Rugby League Ltd
NRL - Series of 3 State of Origin ads, and one in which man drives car door against Maroons (Qld) vehicle
Dismissed 12/06/2001
149-01 Ian Jones Insurance Brokers Pty Ltd
Ian Jones Insurance - 'Cover your assets' - naked man (Print)
Dismissed Print 12/06/2001
May 2001
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Media Determination datesort ascending
100-01 Triumph International (Aust) Pty Ltd
Triumph - 'All Women - All Woman' series - 1 ad: 'A bra with easy access. Isn't that what got you into this in the first place?'
Dismissed Clothing Outdoor 08/05/2001
102-01 Nova 969 Pty Ltd
Nova 969 - 96.9 FM - woman spanks naked man
Dismissed Media 08/05/2001
103-01 Nestle Chilled Dairy
Nestle - Chilled Dairy - ACTIV yogurt - 'Yum'
Dismissed 08/05/2001

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