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May 2004
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
96-04 Mattel Pty Ltd
Mattel - My Scene - Jammin' in Jamaica-scantily dressed dolls at pool party, fake bar and sipping drinks, attracting attention of male dolls
Dismissed 11/05/2004
98-04 Ford Motor Co of Aust Ltd
Ford - Fiesta - "shaking that ass"
Dismissed 11/05/2004
99-04 Austereo Pty Ltd
Austereo - 2DayFM/92.9 - "Crack the Code" competition - cartoon hippo wearing g-string exposing buttocks
Dismissed Media 11/05/2004
May 2005
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
96-05 Queensland Transport
Queensland Transport - dad & son driving to buy more gas for the bbq; Speeding 6 kms over the limit, he changes lane, swerves to miss car which has braked, runs off the road and hits woman pushing a pram, woman is , killed her blood is on baby,
Dismissed Community Awareness 10/05/2005
97-05 Yamaha Motor Aust Pty Ltd
Yamaha Motors - Boat engine - shows pleasurecraft with people not wearing life jackets
Dismissed 10/05/2005
98-05 Arnott's Biscuits Ltd
Arnott's - Tim Tams - Dangerous Liaisons - woman lying on back with a strip of ribbon-like fabric across her breasts and crotch, advertising three different flavoured Tim Tams, chilli, blackforest and creamy truffle
Dismissed Outdoor 10/05/2005
99-05 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota - Hilux 4WD - 'Get in or get out of the way' (TV) utility being driven in an underground carpark then suburbs and finally a rural setting. Vehicles fly out of the way and fence posts are uprooted.
Dismissed 10/05/2005
April 2006
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
96-06 David Jones Ltd
David Jones - Simone Perele lingerie - woman wearing bra and panty set, lying sideways on a bed of yellow flowers
Dismissed Clothing Outdoor 11/04/2006
97-06 Yooralla
Yooralla - long queue outside ladies' toilets - we see a confident-looking woman coming out of the men's toilet which was empty
Dismissed Employment Transport 11/04/2006
March 2010
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
96-10 Telstra Corporation Ltd
Sensis - whereis.com (96/10) Cinema. Maps list road traffic safety camera locations
Dismissed Telecommunications Cinema 10/03/2010
98-10 Lion Nathan Aust Pty Ltd
Lion Nathan - Tooheys 98/10. TV ad with one man assisting another with repairs and then helps him to urinate
Dismissed Alcohol 10/03/2010
July 1998
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
96-98 Tricon Restaurants International
Tricon - KFC Chicken - Godzilla
Dismissed 14/07/1998
99-98 Victorian WorkCover Authority
Victorian WorkCover Authority - "Man has fallen through roof."
Dismissed Insurance 14/07/1998
April 1999
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
96-99 WorkCover Corporation
WorkCover Corp - 2 ads - naked man and woman in morgue
Dismissed Community Awareness 13/04/1999
97-99 Tyrepower
Tyrepower - photo of black woman
Dismissed Print 13/04/1999
98-99 Bank of Western Australia Ltd (Bankwest)
Bank of WA - Bankwest - "Over 50"
Dismissed Finance/Investment Radio 13/04/1999
99-99 Voluntary Euthanasia Society of NSW
Voluntary Euthanasia Soc of NSW - "June Burns has bladder cancer"
Dismissed Community Awareness 13/04/1999
April 2000
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
97-00 Beyond Films Ltd
Beyond Films - 'Cut' - Movie
Dismissed Entertainment 11/04/2000
98-00 Just Jeans Group
Just Jeans - sounds of sexual activity
Dismissed Clothing Radio 11/04/2000
May 2001
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
97-01 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota - Camry - 'Ramp' - pixel man/roof skating/frisbee in mouth
Dismissed 08/05/2001
98-01 Icon Clothing Pty Ltd
Icon Clothing - Golf Punk - '19th'
Dismissed Clothing Outdoor 08/05/2001
99-01 Aurora Energy Pty Ltd
Aurora Energy - man says 'Poop' on receipt of his Aurora a/c
Dismissed 08/05/2001
April 2002
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
97-02 Kolotex Aust Pty Ltd
Kolotex - Voodoo - men on leashes.
Dismissed Clothing Outdoor 22/04/2002
April 2007
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
97-07 Telstra Corporation Ltd
Telstra - Foxtel - father showing toddler in high chair how to throw a ball - using heads of broccoli
Dismissed Telecommunications 10/04/2007
98-07 Invocare
Invocare - White Lady Funerals - "A woman's understanding"
Dismissed Outdoor 10/04/2007
April 2008
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
97-08 Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Commonwealth Bank - boxing kangaroo
Dismissed Finance/Investment 09/04/2008
98-08 OGLU Industries (Club Shoop)
OGLU - Club Shoop - young woman wearing only white briefs, kneeling and smiling towards camera
Dismissed Entertainment Outdoor 09/04/2008
99-08 Telstra Corporation Ltd
Telstra - Bigpond Movies - men with guns infer shooting a woman, then shoot a man who comes thru the front door
Dismissed Telecommunications 09/04/2008
April 2009
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
97-09 Johnson & Johnson Pacific Pty Ltd
Johnson & Johnson 9709 - Nicorette newspaper ad with man asleep in bed with lit cigarette in his mouth.
Dismissed Health Products Print 08/04/2009
98-09 PBL Media
PBL Media (Channel 9) - Billboard ad for the TV series Underbelly on the Sydney M4.
Dismissed Entertainment Outdoor 08/04/2009
99-09 Ramp 2 Ramp
Ramp 2 Ramp - TV images of shop stock with end catch phrase of "Have you got the balls?"
Dismissed Clothing 08/04/2009
August 1998
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
97-98 Funkadelic
Funkadelic - "funking"
Dismissed Retail 11/08/1998
98-98 Australians for Fairer Tax Inc
Australians for fairer tax inc. - operating theatre
Dismissed Finance/Investment 11/08/1998
May 2002
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
98-02 Austar Entertainment Pty Ltd
Austar - Super 12 Rugby - coach berating football team in locker room at halftime, camera pans back to see it's a team of small boys "Take your rugby seriously?"
Dismissed Entertainment 14/05/2002
99-02 Austar Entertainment Pty Ltd
Austar - family playing football in park - elderly man knocked to ground - "Take your League seriously?"
Dismissed Entertainment 14/05/2002
April 2003
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
98-03 Holden Ltd
Holden - Rodeo - truck broadsiding and skidding.
Dismissed 08/04/2003
99-03 Holden Ltd
Holden - Barina - four-wheel drifts and sudden turns.
Dismissed 08/04/2003
July 2019
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
0178-19 Coles
The advertisement in question was promoting Coles Salmon. The ad featured Curtis Stone on a fishing boat declaring that their salmon was sustainable.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 10/07/2019
0181-19 Telstra Corporation Ltd
Telstra advertisement about the launch of 5G
Dismissed Telecommunications TV - Free to Air 10/07/2019
0193-19 Roadshow Films
This bus stop advertisement for Child's Play features an image of a doll holding a knife.
Dismissed Entertainment Outdoor 10/07/2019
0194-19 Roadshow Films
Bus advertising for a movie called Child's Play depicting a frightening looking doll holding a knife. 
Dismissed Entertainment Transport 10/07/2019
0195-19 Roadshow Films
A billboard for a movie called Child's Play depicting a frightening looking doll holding a knife. 
Dismissed Entertainment Billboard 10/07/2019
0196-19 Roadshow Films
Large billboard with possessed and scary looking doll on a black and red background with the words Annabelle Comes Back.
Dismissed Entertainment Billboard 10/07/2019
0197-19 Australian Pensioners Insurance Agency
Television ad for APIA insurance
Dismissed Insurance TV - Free to Air 10/07/2019
0198-19 Hankook Tyres
A motor vehicle is seen clearly speeding and cornering recklessly and doing a protracted wheel spin.
Dismissed Automotive TV - Pay 10/07/2019
0202-19 LJ Hooker Mona Vale
It is a full page colour ad on the back page of the magazine with a naked child on the beach (from behind). It is for Mona vale LJ hooker describing “the bottom of the market has been and gone”
Dismissed Real Estate Print 10/07/2019
0203-19 Network Ten Pty Limited
There is an ad for The project on channel 10 that has all four main hosts on bicycles, and the two male hosts are wearing helmets and the two female hosts are not.
Dismissed Entertainment Transport 10/07/2019
0204-19 Lexus Australia
A black Lexus is seen being driven through a carpark, starting with a four wheel drift, then accelerating as it exits, without the driver slowing or stopping to see if there are any pedestrians (as is required when exiting private property onto a public road) then becoming airborne as it exits the carpark and bouncing as it hits the road, then another four wheel drift.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 10/07/2019
0205-19 LG Electronics Aust Pty Ltd
A 1-minute video ad circulating on Instagram.
Dismissed House Goods Services Internet - Social - Instagram 10/07/2019
0207-19 Step One
Pay TV ad for men's underwear.
Dismissed Lingerie TV - Pay 10/07/2019

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