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August 2020
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0231-20 One to One Diet
This television advertisement features an animated woman standing on a stage singing into a microphone about a new diet.
Dismissed Slimming TV - Free to Air 12/08/2020
October 2020
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0288-20 Chemist Warehouse
This television advertisement for Optifast features various scenes of a woman interspersed with a spokesman
Dismissed Slimming TV - Free to Air 07/10/2020
December 2020
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0362-20 Laser Clinics Australia
This advertisement appeared on the Spotify app. There are several versions with different layout, however all contain an image of a woman's midsection. She is wearing a white crop tops and pants and is grasping her skin. The accompanying text states "Freeze away the bits that won't budge".
Dismissed Slimming App 16/12/2020
0368-20 ZURU Inc.
This television advertisement for a robotic fish depicts children placing the fish into a glass coffee percolator jug, and a man seeing the fish in the jug.
Dismissed Toys and Games TV - Free to Air 16/12/2020
0371-20 Ubisoft
This television advertisement is for the video game Assassins Creed Valhalla.
Dismissed Toys and Games TV - Free to Air 16/12/2020
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
0027-21 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 - On Demand 24/02/2021
February 2022
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0020-22 Noom
This television advertisement depicts several scenes showing a man eating. A scene then shows him sitting on a couch reading from phone and saying "I was conditioned to finish my plate since childhood?"
Dismissed Slimming TV - Free to Air 02/02/2022
0011-22 Rockstar Games
There are three versions of this TV on Demand advertisement featuring a promotion for the game 'Grand Theft Auto'.
Dismissed Toys and Games TV - On Demand 02/02/2022
February 2017
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0026-17 Machine Zone
The video ad presents a fictitious scenario where two groups of women are engaged in a military battle (on their phones). Ad subtitle: 'You Have to Take a Look'. The main protagonist is portrayed as Mrs President, while others are portrayed as 'intel officers' and 'military personnel'. All characters are wearing revealing clothing, and no words are spoken by the characters. The ad concludes with the words 'Mobile Strike' superimposed over images of the characters' almost-bare bottoms, followed by a final Schwarzenegger-style voiceover.
Dismissed Toys and Games Internet - Social - Facebook 08/02/2017
February 2018
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0044-18 ZURU Toys
The advert was for Water balloons that you fill multiple at one time.
Dismissed Toys and Games TV - Pay 07/02/2018
February 2011
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0055-11 Mattel Pty Ltd
Based on a supposed real car advertisement that appears to have been vandalized to become a Hot Wheels advertisement. The Vehicle has been given outrageous upgrades courtesy of the graffiti, such as flames coming out the side of the sides of the vehicle, a racing stripe and an over-sized engine coming out of the bonnet. The graffiti artist has also concealed some words to convey the speed/attitude of the toy brand: "Never Slow Down".
Dismissed Toys and Games Outdoor 23/02/2011
April 2013
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0096-13 Sussex Media
The "Bioshock" Television advertisement promotes an animated digital game for various game consoles. There is an image of a girl sitting on a horse with a noose around her neck.
Dismissed Toys and Games TV - Pay 10/04/2013
May 2019
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0117-19 Ubisoft P/L
Three heavily armed figures holding high powered military grade weapons are shown as though the viewer is standing behind them. The scene is urban; that is, not a battlefield. The figure on the right seems to be firing into the window of a parked car. Text at the top reads: "15 March".
Dismissed Toys and Games Transport 08/05/2019
May 2013
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0125-13 All Interactive Entertainment
The ad is for a new video game called Dead Island Riptide and it shows a segment of the game where a couple are being attacked by zombies and they commit suicide (create an explosion) in order to escape them. The final shot of the ad shows a man hanging by his neck from a tree.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Toys and Games TV - Pay 01/05/2013
April 2010
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0133-10 Albury Hobby Centre
This television advertisment depicts an old man in a rocking chair reading a story to children sitting on floor who then start yawning and calling out that they are bored. The old man says "back in my day when we were bored", my mother would tell us to go and" spank the monkey"! The scene then cuts to the man enacting spanking a toy monkey. Tagline - there's no need to be bored go to the Albury Hobby Centre.
Dismissed Toys and Games 14/04/2010
April 2017
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0136-17 Ubisoft P/L
The poster contains a computer generated image of a man sitting on top of a mountain with a back pack and hand gun. There is also another man with a larger gun looking to shoot something in the distance.
Dismissed Toys and Games Poster 12/04/2017
May 2013
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0157-13 Mattel Pty Ltd
Mattel Monster High dolls are shown with their names and close ups of their scary faces. Names include Scaris.
Dismissed Toys and Games 22/05/2013
May 2011
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0163-11 Funtastic Limited
Various youths are shown riding scooters which have chalk attached to the back of them so you can make marks whilst riding. The voiceover talks about the graffiti scooter and the text on screen reads "Stunts performed by professionals."
Dismissed Toys and Games 25/05/2011
April 2016
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0166-16 Machine Zone
A cartoon character of Arnold Schwarzenegger using his mobile phone to blow up property
Dismissed Toys and Games TV - Free to Air 27/04/2016
May 2012
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0173-12 Herald Sun
A young boy opens the Herald Sun 3D footy cards collector album and a football flies out of the album, bumps into the kid's face and ruffles his 3D glasses up a bit. A male voice over says, "Grab the new Official 2012 AFL Collector Cards in eye-popping 3D! for you and the kids, only with the Herald Sun, your home of AFL. It’s full on Footy!"
Dismissed Toys and Games 23/05/2012
May 2015
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0175-15 Warner Home Entertainment
A masked character with no eyes
Dismissed Toys and Games Outdoor 13/05/2015
May 2018
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0200-18 Diandian Interactive
Pre-role ad was served promoting a Game called Guns Of Glory depicting a massacre of an army with violent sound effects.
Dismissed Toys and Games Internet - Social - Other 09/05/2018
June 2015
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0221-15 Machine Zone
Game of War computer game.
Dismissed Toys and Games TV - Pay 10/06/2015
July 2013
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0239-13 Sony Computer Entertainment Aust Pty Ltd
The product is a video game called "The Last of Us".
Dismissed Toys and Games 24/07/2013
June 2016
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0248-16 Bethesda
The ad contained animated violence and weaponry and the written slogan on the screen "fight like hell" The ad was for a R18+ PlayStation game
Dismissed Toys and Games TV - Pay 08/06/2016
July 2011
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0256-11 KMart Australia Ltd
A mum is driving a car and her daughter is in the middle back seat talking incessantly. They are then shown on an elevator and walking in to a Kmart store. When they reach the toy section the daughter finally stops talking and we hear a voice over state that you can find hundreds of toys at Kmart.
Dismissed Toys and Games TV - Pay 27/07/2011
0257-11 KMart Australia Ltd
A mum is driving a car and her daughter is in the middle back seat talking incessantly. They are then shown on an elevator and walking in to a Kmart store. When they reach the toy section the daughter finally stops talking and we hear a voice over state that you can find hundreds of toys at Kmart.
Dismissed Toys and Games 27/07/2011
July 2014
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0263-14 Woolworths Supermarkets
The ad has a take on Austin Powers with young kids dressed up as Mini Me and the like.A stuffed animal is shown in a chair ... which gets blown up.The lead role speaks like Mini Me and has the same aggressive characters as the Austin Powers movies. The other kids in view are also dressed and acting out in this manner.The purpose of the commercial is to sell toys ... okay?
Dismissed Toys and Games TV - Free to Air 23/07/2014
0274-14 Woolworths Supermarkets
The advert shows at the head one of our products on a black chair which is then subsequently blown up.
Dismissed Toys and Games Internet 23/07/2014
July 2010
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0307-10 All Interactive Distribution
The advertisment starts with animated toy Bears having a party and having fun but naughty bear was not invited. He is shown gathering various weapons and begins to attack the other bears with knives, guns and a baseball bat. He violently beats and kills them.
Dismissed Toys and Games TV - Pay 14/07/2010
August 2014
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0331-14 ZURU Toys
The advertisement is performed by Ann-Maree Biggar. It is advertising a toy called the 'TAMAGO'.
Dismissed Toys and Games TV - Free to Air 27/08/2014
September 2017
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0397-17 Candy Crush Saga
It's an ad promoting the mobile game Candy Crush Saga
Dismissed Toys and Games Radio 13/09/2017
November 2012
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0421-12 Bethesda
The advertisement has the figure of a creature (man like) with a skeleton face holding a sword with blood on the end.
Dismissed Toys and Games Transport 14/11/2012
0424-12 Hasbro Australia Ltd
The advertisement shows animated robot-type toys with large guns on their shoulders and is animated to appear as if the robots are moving and shooting. They then turn into cars and other transport and then turn back into the gun-wielding robots. The voice over says things such as, "More Destruction" and "Annihilation."
Dismissed Toys and Games 14/11/2012
October 2017
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0458-17 Crayola
Crayola silly scents - flavoured markers. The children sniff and the flavours come out of their noses.
Dismissed Toys and Games TV - Free to Air 25/10/2017
November 2016
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0459-16 Microsoft Pty Ltd
Ad showed cars racing at high speed, side by side on a winding road. One car on the wrong side of the road.
Dismissed Toys and Games TV - Free to Air 09/11/2016
December 2015
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0471-15 Sony Computer Entertainment Aust Pty Ltd
The playstation AU account promoted a tweet that showed a video for an R18+ game. The video shows a women being punched in the face and killed. There is no R18+ The twitter account has multiple tweets about this game showing other videos with no R18+ rating anywhere near it.
Dismissed Toys and Games Internet - Social - Other 09/12/2015
0475-15 Bethesda
Scenes of a man with a gun & German Shepherd. Included extreme violence
Dismissed Toys and Games TV - Pay 09/12/2015
December 2012
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0483-12 Sussex Media
The advertisement is an image of the box art of the video game 'Borderlands 2', and seems to be the main advertising poster for the game. The background colour of the ad is yellow and orange, with the dominating central image being of a person (not a robot or 'animated character', because the person has human fingers and hands) wearing tan-coloured skin-tight clothing, a head covering of some sort and light-blue lit-up eye sockets.
Dismissed Toys and Games Outdoor 12/12/2012
December 2010
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0488-10 Headstart International Pty Ltd
We see a real dog, wearing goggles, addressing some Rescue Pets puppies and telling them that they have to learn to swim. We then see these toy dogs in a swimming pool with a couple of young girls. A female voiceover says, "Always swim with an adult present".
Dismissed Toys and Games 08/12/2010
January 2013
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0506-12 Ubisoft P/L
The advertisement was for the video game Far Cry. The rating of this game is MA 15+. It is distributed by the company Ubisoft.
Dismissed Toys and Games 16/01/2013
December 2016
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0508-16 Favworld
Advertisement for a baby pillow, which is a large stuffed elephant. Picture of newborn sleeping with face snuggled into elephant.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Toys and Games Internet - Social - Facebook 07/12/2016
December 2014
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0522-14 Mattel Pty Ltd
Please add this toy to your letter to Santa on lettertosanta.com.au
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Toys and Games TV - Pay 10/12/2014
January 2011
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0530-10 Ugames
A male voice over describes a board game called Smart Ass and we see a group of people playing the game, as well as an animated Donkey (Ass) on the screen.
Dismissed Toys and Games 19/01/2011
May 2021
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0121-21 Spin Master
This television advertisement features a child (face not visible) colouring Orbeez, hydrated ‘grown’ water beads.
Dismissed Toys and Games TV - Free to Air 26/05/2021
July 2021
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0194-21 Hasbro Australia Ltd
This television advertisement depicts three boys playing with dinosaur themed Nerf guns.
Dismissed Toys and Games TV - Free to Air 14/07/2021
October 2021
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0269-21 Ubisoft P/L
This Pay TV advertisement features scenes of gameplay for the game titled Far Cry 6.
Dismissed Toys and Games TV - Pay 13/10/2021
0285-21 Activision Blizzard Pty Ltd
This television advertisement features a promotion for the game Diablo Resurrected.
Dismissed Toys and Games TV - On Demand 13/10/2021
February 2014
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0029-14 Enhance Clinic
It has a nude woman on it with a single line of the word Enhance across the nipple of the breast and her hand slightly over the vagina area.The cars have breasts over the bonnet with just finger tips covering the nipple.
Dismissed Beauty Salon Transport 12/02/2014

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