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September 2014
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0381-14 Hougoumont Hotel
Black and white side image of a woman standing on her point shoes, a small ship on her head, and a ball and chain attached near her rear. Black background. Hougoumont hotel in white letters, "Bring your ball and chain" in yellow. Square logo of the Hougoumont hotel on the top of the picture.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Bars/Clubs Billboard 24/09/2014
0379-14 Evocca College
A young man jumping off a jetty into a dam / river - Advertisement for Evocca College
Dismissed Education TV - Free to Air 24/09/2014
October 2015
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0396-15 The Victory Hotel
The two billboards were strapped to the back of two separate walkers. They were headlined with TFIF and then followed with Thank F&[email protected] its Friday... Join us for... And then had the time and price of the cheap drink specials underneath.
Dismissed Bars/Clubs Billboard - Mobile 28/10/2015
0420-15 Urban Purveyor Group
The ad is of 3 women dressesd as beer wenches with alot of exposed cleavage holding big mugs of beer right in front of them and smiling suggestively. The middle women is holding a beer that has essentially "exploded" and is running out in front of her.
Dismissed Bars/Clubs Transport 28/10/2015
October 2014
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0414-14 Urban Purveyor Group
Video titled "Bavarian beauties training for Octoberfest Australia"
Dismissed Bars/Clubs Internet 08/10/2014
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
0411-14 Builders Academy Australia
Advertisement depicts a builder demonstrating his skills after completing a Builders Academy training course. Includes throwing a chisel, jumping off a building and firing a nail gun freely in the open
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Education TV - Pay 08/10/2014
November 2019
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0366-19 Spearmint Rhino Gentlemen's Club
This mobile billboard depicts a blonde woman in a white shirtand the text "Free Entry Tonight" along with details of the advertiser.
Dismissed Bars/Clubs Billboard - Mobile 13/11/2019
March 2016
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0064-16 Marriage Alliance
An image with a depiction of a sad woman sitting at a desk with a noose around her neck, apparently about to commit suicide by hanging. The image is captioned 'Same sex marriage increases PC bullying in the workplace'. The image is currently available at https://twitter.com/MarriageAll/status/694826988427554816.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Religion/Beliefs Internet - Social - Other 09/03/2016
March 2017
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0108-17 Latter Day Saints Church
This was an ad stating Mormons, a picture of a bible, a couple walking with a very small. Hold between them.
Dismissed Religion/Beliefs TV - Free to Air 08/03/2017
June 2013
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0196-13 Cam River Signs
It depicts a symbol for a female + a symbol for a male = a symbol depicting two wedding rings. Then underneath it states it is "designed by God". It then also says that it is representative of churches in "Wynyard and Somerset" which is the next town.
Dismissed Religion/Beliefs Billboard 12/06/2013
March 2014
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0085-14 Air New Zealand Ltd
The advertisement/safety video is titled 'Safety in Paradise'. It is set on the Cook Islands.
Dismissed Tourist Attractions Internet 26/03/2014
May 2016
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0215-16 South Australian Tourism Commission
Video is a shortened version of SATC's 'Adelaide: Breathe' video campaign. The advertisement depicts a variety of things, filmed mostly around Adelaide and surrounding regions. It follows, generally, a person dressed as an astronaut landing and then exploring the region and various aspects of it such as wine, sports venues, and art galleries. It is set to Emma Louise's 'Never Tear Us Apart'.
Dismissed Tourist Attractions TV - Free to Air 25/05/2016
June 2013
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0217-13 South Australian Tourism Commission
Advert promoting Barossa Valley.
Dismissed Tourist Attractions Cinema 26/06/2013
November 2013
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0395-13 Adventure World
A very large oversized billboard erected on the grounds of Adventure World, and amusement park in Bibra Lake which is situated at a very busy traffic intersection, and is completely inescapable at a red light. Its also not such an easy road to bypass (or I would).
Dismissed Tourist Attractions Billboard 27/11/2013
October 2014
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0421-14 City of Holdfast Bay
The ad showed a split screen with things to do around the Glenelg area in the day on the left hand side and at night on the right hand side. It had words with the images saying things like see view etc and at the end said something about visiting (?) the City of Holdfast Bay.
Dismissed Tourist Attractions TV - Free to Air 22/10/2014
0434-14 Warner Village Theme Parks
Fright Night
Dismissed Tourist Attractions TV - Free to Air 22/10/2014
0435-14 Warner Village Theme Parks
http://youtu.be/JQiw5fuBWRE
Dismissed Tourist Attractions Internet 22/10/2014
December 2013
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0425-13 Warner Village Theme Parks
An internet ad on the side bar of the smh.com homepage showing youing girls coming down a slide at a water park.
Dismissed Tourist Attractions Internet 11/12/2013
December 2016
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0515-16 NT Official
The CU in the NT campaign. The way their logo is positioned, clearly spells the word "CUNT." https://www.facebook.com/cuinthent/?fref=ts http://www.therebel.media/_cu_in_the_nt_is_this_the_worst_tourism_campaign_of_all_time
Upheld - Not Modified or Discontinued Tourist Attractions Internet - Social - Facebook 07/12/2016
January 2015
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0562-14 Museum of Old and New Art
Sex and drugs $20 MONAWelcome to Hobart
Dismissed Tourist Attractions Billboard 14/01/2015
November 2020
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0349-20 Beachport Caravan Park
This television advertisement begins with a scene of a person's bare feet on the dashboard of a car as it drives into town.Further scenes shows attractions of the town and the facilities of the advertised caravan park.
Dismissed Tourist Attractions TV - Free to Air 25/11/2020
March 2021
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0041-21 Expedia Group
This television advertisement depicts a swimming pool outside a house that is not fenced. Following scenes show a family (adults and children) indoors, before the go outside past the pool to the beach.
Dismissed Tourist Attractions TV - Free to Air 10/03/2021
June 2021
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0151-21 Tourism NT
This internet advertisement features an image of a woman leaning out the passenger side window of a vehicle looking backwards. The vehicle is on a road in the outback. The text accompanying the image states, "Travel off-the-beaten-track Sponsored by Tourism NT".
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Tourist Attractions Internet 16/06/2021
July 2022
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0145-22 Global Ballooning Australia
This Instagram story was posted to the @EmmyLou account on 13 June 2022 and features a woman asking three children if they trust her. She then reveals that she's taking the kids on a hot air balloon ride.
Dismissed Tourist Attractions Internet - Social - Instagram 13/07/2022
0142-22 Paradise Resort
This Instagram post was share to the @sophiecachia_ page on 25 June 2022 and features four images with the caption "5 years later & she's back! [sun emoji] Mummy and minis winter getaway to kids heaven @paradiseresortgc - thanks for inviting us back! X #invited
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Tourist Attractions Internet - Social - Instagram 13/07/2022
0146-22 Global Ballooning Australia
This Instagram advertisement was posted on the @emmylou_loves account on 28 June and features a woman and three children in front of a yellow hot air balloon.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Tourist Attractions Internet - Social - Instagram 13/07/2022
May 2014
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0164-14 Think Education Group
Billboard advertising a website to go to for education options includes images of women in various reclined positions.
Dismissed Education Billboard 28/05/2014
May 2015
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0164-15 Catholic Ladies College
It was a poster on the back of a bus for Catholic Ladies College (CLC,an all girls school) in Melbourne, Australia. It said in large writing "girls learn better with girls" with some smaller writing underneath such as the name of the school, and I think the location.
Dismissed Education Transport 13/05/2015
April 2018
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0192-18 Monash University
It is a series of images or short clips before drawing to a black screen with the Monash University logo. It begins with a person in a black hoodie king hitting someone.
Dismissed Education TV - On Demand 24/04/2018
May 2018
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0227-18 Monash University
Shocking images of violence
Dismissed Education Internet - Social - Other 09/05/2018
May 2018
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0252-18 Monash University
Using the deaths in the Middle East and people being burned alive in the London apartment fire
Dismissed Education Cinema 23/05/2018
June 2010
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0262-10 ACARA
The ad shows a number of children sitting in a bus and as they look out their windows they draw moving cartoon illustrations on the windows representing their future, imagined, occupations.
Dismissed Education 22/06/2010
July 2010
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0300-10 ACARA
The ad shows a number of children sitting in a bus and as they look out their windows they draw moving cartoon illustrations on the windows representing their future, imagined, occupations.
Dismissed Education TV - Pay 14/07/2010
August 2014
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0311-14 AADA
Advertisement of up coming professional seminar for dentists by AA DA in Bite Australia's leading dental magazine published by Engage media p17 contact [email protected]
Dismissed Education Print 27/08/2014
August 2016
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0341-16 Fresh 92.7 FM
A social worker asking a young boy to tell her what has been going on at home. The young boy replies that he has not seen his mother in 3 days and has been left to prepare his own food himself. The boy says his mother has been in her room making elite trap beats. Voice over says this is the third incident so far from the Fresh 92.7 music production course. It must be "lit" (said to sound awesome or amazing). The young boy is then crying and saying what about your real family mum?
Dismissed Education Radio 24/08/2016
0355-16 Harvest Education Technical College
An ad with the written text: 'Australian women are being sexually assaulted at twice the rate of women worldwide. There is never a good enough excuse for rape but there is help and now you can be the one to give them the help they need in order to Survive. STUDY a Diploma of Community Services now!' There are three photos in the advertisement of sexy young women, one displaying her midriff and cleavage, all of whom bear bruises and marks of physical assault.
Dismissed Education Internet - Social - Facebook 24/08/2016
October 2010
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0420-10 Australian Education Union
A teacher speaks about a number of students in her class, and their different needs in terms of education. The teacher makes the case that if the class size was smaller, then she would have more time to spend with each individual student, and that each student would then be better able to be educated according to his or her specific needs. For one of the students, the teacher comments, "Dominic is not engaged.
Dismissed Education 27/10/2010
November 2017
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0471-17 University of Sydney
A billboard ad with the hands of brown women reaching through a chain link fence with the phrase "unlearn criminal" in white writing over the top
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Education Billboard 08/11/2017
January 2019
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0549-18 Narbil Training
2 guys talking to each other, one guy uses an insult to the other guy by calling him a “deadset ranga” because he didn’t understand what he was saying about him wanting training and they work at a training placeThe offended guy objects to being called a ranga because he doesn’t have red hair
Dismissed Education Radio 23/01/2019
February 1999
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10-99 University of Tasmania
University of Tasmania - "Life is short - get a degree"
Dismissed Education Cinema 09/02/1999
February 2005
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13-05 Excom Education Pty Ltd
Excom Education - "is your job giving you the shits?
Dismissed Education Radio 08/02/2005
July 2002
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158-02 World Society for Protection of Animals
World Society for Protection of Animals - Bears version 2
Dismissed Education 09/07/2002
May 2008
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164-08 Murdoch University
Murdoch University - Amazing Discoveries - Chicken
Dismissed Education 19/05/2008
October 1998
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173-98 Keep Australia Beautiful Council of WA
Keep Australia Beautiful Council of WA
Dismissed Education 13/10/1998
July 2005
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176-05 The Sharemarket College
The Sharemarket College - Shows a Buddhist Monk catching & releasing an insect with chopsticks, then shows a woman spraying it dead
Dismissed Education 12/07/2005
November 1998
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200-98 World Society for Protection of Animals
World Society for Protection of Animals - Bears
Dismissed Education 10/11/1998
224-98 Employment National
Employment National - "Get a Job"
Dismissed Education 10/11/1998
November 2001
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239-01 James Cook University
James Cook University
Dismissed Education 09/11/2001
December 1998
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246-98 Roads & Traffic Authority
Roads & Traffic Authority - "Ran over a little girl"
Dismissed Education 08/12/1998

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