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April 2001
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
78-01 Coca-Cola South Pacific Pty Ltd
Coca-Cola - Diet Coke - woman and man at office drinks machine
Dismissed 10/04/2001
79-01 Buena Vista International (Australia)
Buena Vista International - 'Dracula 2000'
Dismissed Entertainment 10/04/2001
80-01 Universal Music Aust Ltd
Universal Music - Eminem
Dismissed Entertainment 10/04/2001
81-01 Samsung Electronics Aust Pty Ltd
Samsung - Joystick Phone - 3 ads
Dismissed Telecommunications Outdoor 10/04/2001
April 2002
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78-02 Just Jeans Group
Just Jeans - woman approaches bird cage and allows bird to hop onto hand. Next seen is of her mouth with feathers sticking out.
Dismissed Retail 09/04/2002
79-02 Pepsico Australia Holdings Pty Ltd
Pepsi-Cola - professional wrestlers - one headbutted, and in vision sees himself choosing Pepsi over Coke. He wakes up to find he's kissing opponent, so headbutts him
Dismissed 09/04/2002
80-02 Plant Liquidators
Plant Liquidators - "happy about our products….some of us are downright gay" - man skips away
Dismissed Retail 09/04/2002
81-02 Sara Lee Apparel Group
Sara Lee Apparel - Wonderbra - pouting woman wearing push up bra 'My mother always said I was a handful'.
Dismissed Clothing Outdoor 09/04/2002
April 2003
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78-03 Holden Ltd
Holden - Commodore - boy alone in green Commodore on driveway pretending racing - feet don't touch pedals. Dad and Mark Scaife talking nearby.Boy says "This kid's better than Mark Scaife ever was". Dad comes to window, boy ignores him with sun visor
Dismissed 08/04/2003
79-03 Unilever Australasia
Unilever - Streets - Magnum - 'Sixties Nine' - mannequins simulating sex.
Dismissed 08/04/2003
81-03 Nestle Australia Ltd
Nestle - Kit Kat - Chunky - Caramel - man's mouth gets stuck to magazine page.
Dismissed 08/04/2003
April 2004
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78-04 Camping World
Camping World - Big Shane's - dirty old men leering at young women
Dismissed 13/04/2004
April 2005
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78-05 McDonald's Aust Ltd
McDonald's - Happy Meals - toy dolls in toy cars drive to McD - toys you can get with meals
Dismissed 12/04/2005
79-05 Origin Energy
Origin Energy - young man at football spills another's beer - when he can't replace it he's hung by his underpants in change room
Dismissed 12/04/2005
80-05 Freedom Furniture Ltd
Freedom Furniture - room decorated Asian style has furniture dancing - Buddha ornament rocks side to side
Dismissed 12/04/2005
81-05 Lever Rexona
Lever Rexona - Impulse - female bus driver drives dangerously to football stadium, ignoring people and cars in her way (a la movie "Speed"
Dismissed Toiletries 12/04/2005
March 2006
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78-06 Unilever Australasia
Unilever - Lipton - Iced Green Tea - group with guru who says tea better than the rocks at his feet. Woman says "I'm gullible enough to believe that crystals will actually help me" and man admits he became New Age just to meet women
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 14/03/2006
79-06 Unilever Australasia
Unilever - Lipton - Iced Green Tea - day spa - woman about to apply mud pack to another's body at a health spa gives her green tea which she claims is better than the mud they use which is from their own garden - we see a gardener mixing up mud
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 14/03/2006
80-06 Dept of Health and Ageing
Dept of Health & Ageing - Quit - young man smoking and thinking he looks cool to a girl passing - then he sees a graphic inage on the cigarette pack showing a diseased mouth, gums & teeth caused by smoking
Dismissed Community Awareness 14/03/2006
81-06 Johnson & Johnson Pacific Pty Ltd
Johnson & Johnson - KY Warming Liquid - woman wishes for faster connection such as her male partner gets with his computer
Dismissed Toiletries 14/03/2006
March 2007
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78-07 Dale Alcock Homes
Dale Alcock - mother filming child as brother jumps onto beanbag, catapulting the toddler into a wall, Mum says "what have you done to my wall, you are so lucky"
Dismissed Real Estate 13/03/2007
79-07 Tricon Restaurants International
Tricon - KFC - mother serves chicken and family mesmerised - father hoses down concrete driveway
Dismissed 13/03/2007
March 2009
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78-09 Sabrands Pty Ltd
CLR Cleaner - Sabrands - Model reaises bowl of cleaner above her head to clean shower rose.
Dismissed 11/03/2009
79-09 Hungry Jacks
Hungry Jacks - TV- Depicts an Anger Management Class.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 11/03/2009
March 2010
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78-10 Eagle Boys Pizza
Eagle Boys Pizza 78/10. TV ad shows family sweeping healthy food off table to make room for pizza
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 10/03/2010
80-10 Cadbury Pty Ltd
Cadbury Creme Egg TV 80/10. Shows chocolate eggs killing themselves in the blender - 'release the goo'
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 10/03/2010
July 1998
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
78-98 KIA Automotive Australia
KIA - Credos - "Pauline Hanson."
Dismissed 14/07/1998
79-98 Horizon Petroleum Pty Ltd
Horizon Petroleum - "Speed"
Dismissed 14/07/1998
80-98 National Mutual Financial Services
National Mutual Financial Services - "Older man sweeping"
Dismissed Finance/Investment 14/07/1998
April 1999
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
78-99 Queensland Transport
Queensland Transport - boy playing with a glider/toy plane runs out into road and is almost hit by car
Dismissed Community Awareness 13/04/1999
79-99 Queensland Rugby Union Ltd
Queensland Rugby Union - "No Weapons, just balls"
Dismissed Outdoor 13/04/1999
80-99 No 1 Shoe Value
No 1 Shoe Value (Rebels Shoes)
Dismissed Clothing Outdoor 13/04/1999
May 2004
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79-04 Vmoto Motorcycles Australia
Vmoto Motorcycles - young woman on motorcycle in red dress "wouldn't you rather be riding a vmoto?"
Dismissed Transport 11/05/2004
80-04 Diana Ferrari
Diana Ferrari - shoes - male and female in car "making out" - woman sees another female wearing shoes and crushes man's face against window
Dismissed Clothing 11/05/2004
81-04 Diana Ferrari
Diana Ferrari - shoes - man swinging child lets her go as he sees female wearing shoes
Dismissed Clothing 11/05/2004
March 2008
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79-08 Reckitt Benckiser (Aust) Pty Ltd
Reckitt Benckiser - Napisan Oxy Action- mother notices stain on schoolboy's shirt - uses Napisan
Dismissed 12/03/2008
80-08 Castrol Lubricants
Castrol - Magnatec - oil bottle falls out of Adam Gilchrist's ute and bounces over fences of several backyards leering at two young women in bikinis
Dismissed 12/03/2008
81-08 HBF
HBF - Potty - small boy being toilet trained - accidentaly wees on floor while waiting in a public queue "Not ready for kids?"
Dismissed Insurance 12/03/2008
February 2001
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8-01 Hagemeyer Lifesyle Brands (Aust) Pty Ltd
Hagemeyer Lifestyle - Polaroid - female streaker
Dismissed Health Products 13/02/2001
February 2002
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8-02 Maxxium Australia Pty Ltd
Maxxium - Jim Beam - 4 ads - (1) man changing TV channel for Ally McBeal;(2) man vacuums floor in front of woman on lounge; (3) man orders salad while friends order steaks; (4) man speaks to camera about his new lifestyle then jumps into pool
Dismissed Alcohol 12/02/2002
February 2005
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8-05 Diageo Australia Ltd
Diageo - Bundaberg Rum - four males out to dinner with girls for Valentine's Day, watching sport on hotel TV located behind girl's backs, and pretending to listen to girls
Dismissed Alcohol 08/02/2005
February 2006
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8-06 Dodo Australia Pty Ltd
Dodo Internet - naked players & spectators watching cricket - streaker runs across field wearing shorts & Dodo T-shirt
Dismissed Telecommunications 14/02/2006
February 2007
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8-07 Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Commonwealth Bank - pregnant woman in train hits man over head with inflatable hammer bcs he won't give up his seat
Dismissed Finance/Investment 13/02/2007
January 2008
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8-08 Chris & Marie's Plant Farms
Chris & Marie's Plant Farms - Chris sitting naked in nursery saying he's not gay but would like to be gay
Dismissed 16/01/2008
January 2009
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8-09 Autobarn
Autobarn - man applies car engine oil to a pizza and two men with knives threaten sheep
Dismissed Retail 21/01/2009
March 1998
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8-98 Bayer Australia Ltd
Bayer - Hallelujah chorus
Dismissed 10/03/1998
February 1999
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8-99 Transport Accident Commission
Transport Accident Commission - 'bloody idiot'
Dismissed Community Awareness 09/02/1999
April 2000
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80-00 Light Factory (The)
Light Factory - noose from light fitting - Lights out'
Dismissed Retail 11/04/2000
81-00 Paul Wakeling Motors
Paul Wakeling Motors - 'Choose your weapon!'
Dismissed Retail Print 11/04/2000
April 2009
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80-09 Future Entertainment
Future Entertainment - Internet with cartoon female gnome graphic with breasts and eyes covered by stars.
Dismissed Entertainment Internet 08/04/2009

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