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December 2015
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0481-15 Chemist Warehouse
Britney Spears advertising her perfume, Fantasy.
Dismissed Toiletries TV - Free to Air 09/12/2015
April 2017
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0152-17 FOXTEL Management Pty Ltd
AFL promoting various team players from the AFL Leagues bursting through paper covered doors performing various actions.
Dismissed Sport and Leisure TV - Free to Air 12/04/2017
November 2016
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0490-16 Cairns tyre specialist
A large bikini cleavage close up followed by pictures of tyres.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Automotive TV - Free to Air 23/11/2016
November 2018
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0507-18 Department of Social Services
A Father, Young son and daughter are in a car and the son mentions detention for lifting a girls skirt. The father makes a comment in disbelief. The little girl then speaks about how she is already going to accept that in the future she will be harassed and possibly abused.
Dismissed Community Awareness TV - Free to Air 28/11/2018
May 2017
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0192-17 Primo Smallgoods
One line in the ad says 'Australia's favourite bacon'
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 10/05/2017
0197-17 Stan
Advertising Twin Peaks being broadcast on STAN.
Dismissed Entertainment TV - Free to Air 10/05/2017
July 2014
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0227-14 iNova Pharmaceuticals Australia Pty Ltd
The advertisement depicts two men embracing on a beach, intercut with a man in a business suit attempting to take liquid medicine via a spoon in an elevator.
Dismissed Health Products TV - Free to Air 09/07/2014
July 2019
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0181-19 Telstra Corporation Ltd
Telstra advertisement about the launch of 5G
Dismissed Telecommunications TV - Free to Air 10/07/2019
July 2019
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0232-19 Tasmanian Bakeries
This television advertisement depicts a car doing multiple laps of a city block and shows a woman hanging out the window. Voiceover also states to "stick a pie in your national pie hole".
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 24/07/2019
September 2019
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0265-19 Domino's Pizza Enterprises Ltd
Television advertisement promoting the Domino's $5 range.
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 11/09/2019
October 2019
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0342-19 PharmaCare
This television advertisement depicts a woman (Liesel Jones) speaking to the camera about starting Fatblaster.
Dismissed Health Products TV - Free to Air 23/10/2019
June 2018
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0258-18 Woolworths Supermarkets
A father and his 3 children are driving to the shops. 1 of his children appears to be a teenager, 1 a tween and the other is younger than the tween. The kids are asking Dad to buy things at Woolworths. The youngest child asks for more eggs as he's making crocodiles out of the cartons.The next and final scene is Dad bringing the groceries back to the car. The 3 children are in the car. The youngest child asks his Dad if he remembered to buy the eggs. This implies that he wasn't shopping with his father and that the children were left in the car.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 06/06/2018
November 2019
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0373-19 Roadshow Films
This television advertisement features scenes from the film "Hustlers".
Dismissed Entertainment TV - Free to Air 27/11/2019
July 2015
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0266-15 Nissan Motor Co (Aust) Pty Ltd
Commercial centred on the release of a new Nissan 4x4 utility vehicle, where it drove through a large pipe that was not restrained properly to a semi-trailer, falling off onto the ground.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 08/07/2015
February 2020
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0057-20 Toyota Motor Corporation Australia
This television advertisement features footage of a Toyota motorsports vehicle driving on a track, interspersed with Toyota vehicles driving on and off roads.
Dismissed Automotive TV - Free to Air 12/02/2020
July 2015
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0282-15 McDonald's Aust Ltd
The TV advertisement promotes the Minions movie and a McDonald’s meal featuring a Quarter Pounder, Fries, Coke and Minions McFlurry.
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 22/07/2015
May 2020
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0166-20 Dolly's Dream
This television advertisement features a teenage girl reading messages on her phone. Another girl is seen throwing stones at her, and the girl visibly flinches every time a stone hits her.
Dismissed Community Awareness TV - Free to Air 27/05/2020
July 2017
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0297-17 Hyundai Motor Company Australia Pty Ltd
Hyundai advertising a 4 day sale and $1000 factory bonus.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 12/07/2017
November 2020
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0343-20 Sportsbet
The Advertisement shows a group of friends hiking up a mountain. Once they reach the top one of the men pulls out a 'selfie stick' which is holding his mobile phone. All men lean in towards the phone to watch the live racing on the Sportsbet app
Dismissed Gambling TV - Free to Air 25/11/2020
December 2020
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0378-20 Coles
This television advertisement features Curtis Stone advertising Christmas pork meals. It features him holding a roast pork, carving a roast pork and images of people celebrating Christmas. There is also vision of farms and farmers.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 16/12/2020
July 2016
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0308-16 Twentieth Century Fox Film Distributors Pty Ltd
Movie trailer with scenes from the movie.
Dismissed Entertainment TV - Free to Air 27/07/2016
February 2021
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0026-21 WW Australia & New Zealand
This advertisement features a mix of members discussing their favourite features in the app. One is exercising in a living room, one is seen making dinner for two young boys, one is seen using the app from bed with her baby resting on her chest before cutting to a shot of her holding her baby in the air, and one is seen enjoying dinner with friends.
Dismissed Slimming TV - Free to Air 24/02/2021
March 2021
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0066-21 Yum Restaurants International
This television advertisement features a woman standing with a man who is presumably her date. The woman sees a friend and goes to introduce her date, however pauses as she has forgotten his name. The woman asks, "Did someone say KFC?" And the two women are then seen eating KFC.
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 24/03/2021
June 2021
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0180-21 Squarespace, Inc
This television advertisement features a woman called 'Sarah' and shows her being called different nicknames throughout her life.
Dismissed Information Technology TV - Free to Air 23/06/2021
July 2021
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0213-21 McDonald’s Australia Limited
This television advertisement is promoting McDonald's 50th anniversary in Australia and mentions different ways people have interacted with the brand over the 50 years. One example is "after getting your Ps you made the drive through your first stop. Stop. Stop. Good on ya". A car with four passengers and red p-plates is seen stopping and starting as it enters a drive through.
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 28/07/2021
February 2016
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0005-16 Entertainment One
Preview of upcoming movie release 'Dirty Grandpa'.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Entertainment TV - Free to Air 10/02/2016
0009-16 Carlton and United Breweries
Win TV
Dismissed Alcohol TV - Free to Air 10/02/2016
February 2017
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0013-17 Department of Health and Human Services (TAS)
Ad is trying to stop ambulance officers being assaulted.
Dismissed Community Awareness TV - Free to Air 08/02/2017
September 2015
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0351-15 Johnson & Johnson Pacific Pty Ltd
I object to the content of this advertisement. The ad has the camera focusing on the bottoms of many women, and only on the bottoms. It is quite offensive . The focus is on these various women all shaking their bottoms, many with tight, very tight skirts and pants.
Dismissed Toiletries TV - Free to Air 09/09/2015
August 2017
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0355-17 Southern Cross Austereo
Promoting a radio station with banter of someone putting down & using a slur of derogatory terms towards people with red hair.
Dismissed Entertainment TV - Free to Air 09/08/2017
February 2016
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0045-16 Smith's Snackfood Co Ltd The
A maintence guy attends an old woman's residence to fix her stair lift, the man opens a bag of chips and leaves them on his tool box. The old lady try's to steal a chip, and the man kicks the tool box, hurting the old lady's hand. The lady then presses a button sending the maintence man shooting up the stairs on the lift, out of the window.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 24/02/2016
October 2015
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0386-15 Hello Fresh
Delivery of fresh food boxes, recipes and preparation of fresh foods
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 14/10/2015
March 2015
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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
October 2014
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0410-14 Builders Academy Australia
Builder seen using nail guns without safety lock.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Education TV - Free to Air 08/10/2014
March 2016
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0090-16 Chrysler Australia Pty Ltd
2 boys attempting to erect a tent, they think they've done it but it then collapses. The ad then shows a perfectly erected and organised tent next door. One boy says to the other, "wish my parents bought a jeep". The other boy replies, "me too", as a boy drops a pile of firewood at the gent next door.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 09/03/2016
October 2014
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0423-14 People's Choice Credit Union
There is a male painting a wall yellow with a paint roller. He gets more and more worked up and his accent becomes Scottish (emulating a film character). He hold up the paint roller like it is a sword. He then hits his females partner on the face with the roller.
Dismissed Finance/Investment TV - Free to Air 22/10/2014
March 2015
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0098-15 Holden Ltd
A man driving a Holden Colorado comes up to a slow moving vehicle towing a caravan. He complains about "Bloody caravaners" and then overtakes the vehicle.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 25/03/2015
November 2014
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0427-14 Thomas Jewellers
Depicts two men - friends or mates? - One of the men showing the other new jewellery, a watch I think. The main words "I got it from Thomas" . The other man grimaces.
Dismissed Retail TV - Free to Air 26/11/2014
March 2017
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0113-17 Greater Bank
Getting rid of the BS.
Dismissed Finance/Investment TV - Free to Air 08/03/2017
March 2017
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0121-17 Chemist Warehouse
There are two ads one has a woman in a red dress sedatively wrapping herself around people that are ill with cold and flu symptoms. The other is a man in a suit jacket over his shoulder swanning into an office where people are sic again with flu symptoms taking the phone from them, sharing their food, and purposefully being within their space so that they cough and sneeze at him.
Dismissed Health Products TV - Free to Air 22/03/2017
March 2018
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0125-18 Wallet Wizard
A specific Ad by 'Wallet Wizard' that depicts a woman whom has spilt water a mans laptop, then in an attempt to 'dry' the laptop has put it in the clothes dryer. The man comes home and questions the women exclaiming 'where will you get me the money for a new laptop' therefore needing the service of 'Wallet Wizard' in order to obtain the money needed for the new laptop.
Dismissed Finance/Investment TV - Free to Air 21/03/2018
November 2016
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0464-16 Now Finance
A man is tied to a table and hooked up to a lot of wires. Three aliens are stood around him. This is the link to the advert on YouTube: https://youtu.be/rQjDRkVrl2w
Dismissed Finance/Investment TV - Free to Air 09/11/2016
June 2019
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0146-19 iSelect Pty Ltd
A man and a woman are looking at one of their bills. Another man appears and stabs the bill out of the lady's hand. He then puts the bill (still on the knife) into his mouth, pulls it out with multiple papers on it and then shoots fire from his mouth. Burning the papers leaving just one paper not burned.
Dismissed Insurance TV - Free to Air 12/06/2019
0171-19 SA Health
Television advertisement showing a woman Terrie giving tips as to how to get ready. 
Dismissed Community Awareness TV - Free to Air 12/06/2019
January 2016
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0500-15 Novus Auto Glass
They are advertising repairing cracks in the car windows.
Dismissed Automotive TV - Free to Air 20/01/2016
April 2017
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0182-17 Department of Health Western Australia
Government advertisement encouraging safe sex using condoms.
Dismissed Community Awareness TV - Free to Air 26/04/2017
December 2014
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0536-14 Calvin Klein Perfume
TV advertisement in channel 9 - details above
Dismissed Toiletries TV - Free to Air 10/12/2014
January 2015
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0563-14 Pharmabrand Labs
Weight loss product, women on a beach talking about losing weight.
Dismissed Slimming TV - Free to Air 28/01/2015
January 2018
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0580-17 Fonterra Brands (Australia) Pty Ltd
Older Italian lady is cooking pasta for dinner and uses this product to do so. Husband comes in and sees that it is from a packet and says “what do I need you for?”
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 24/01/2018
June 2014
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0201-14 Ultra Tune Australia
Ultratune advertisement just before state of origin kick off.
Dismissed Automotive TV - Free to Air 11/06/2014

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