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February 2009
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort ascending Media Determination date
54-09 Red Rooster
Red Rooster - using Australian slang to vilify Americans "Americans, they just don't get it"
Dismissed 11/02/2009
58-09 Mitsubishi Motors Aust Ltd
Mitsubishi - TV -Pajero avoids traffic by leaving the road and driving 'off-road'and splashes water and mud onto other drivers.
Dismissed 11/02/2009
January 2009
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541-08 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota - Rav4 - Internet - chainsaw chops up hands
Dismissed Internet 21/01/2009
547-08 Fish 'n Bits Bait & Tackle
Fish n Bits Bait & Tackle - People pig hunting in 4WD - dog chases down a wild pig
Dismissed 21/01/2009
551-08 Activision Pty Ltd
Activision - Playstation - Guitar Hero - Woman playing air guitar in white business shirt and socks
Dismissed 21/01/2009
554-08 Nando's Australia Pty Ltd
Nando's - bilboard - woman licks plate in sexualised manner
Dismissed Outdoor 21/01/2009
555-08 Advanced Medical Institute
AMI - Men do it LONGER
Dismissed Outdoor 21/01/2009
556-08 Mazda Australia Pty Limited
Mazda - Mazda 6 - Double page ad, one page is image of 'how Mazda looks' (road vehicle), other page 'how Mazda feels' (racing car)
Dismissed Print 21/01/2009
January 2008
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545-08 BCF
BCF - Radio - Malcolm and his clown fish called Desmond
Dismissed Radio 21/01/2008
546-08 BCF
BCF - TVC - Josh thinks Batman would beat Spiderman .. he spends nights beating dragons on his computer
Dismissed 21/01/2008
December 2009
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort ascending Media Determination date
546-09 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota - (546/09) RAV4SUV a couple met and behaved in passionate way with male removing his jacket
Dismissed 09/12/2009
564-09 Advanced Medical Institute
AMI - (564/09)cold call mobile phone - male problems in bedroom Press 1; Female Press 2
Dismissed 09/12/2009
576-09 Lexus Australia
Lexus 576/09 Internet ad. Images of Models of Lexus vehicles with fog lights on.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Internet 09/12/2009
579-09 Albury Hobby Centre
Albury Hobby Centre 579 09 - TV. Man talking to young children and uses the term "çhoking the chicken"
Dismissed 09/12/2009
581-09 Advanced Medical Institute
AMI Radio 581/09 Ladies voice repeating yes, yes, yes.
Dismissed Radio 09/12/2009
584-09 Wetdream Watertanks
Wetdream Watertanks Transport 584/09 Images of 2 women in bikinis, dripping wet and in sexual poses.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Transport 09/12/2009
586-09 Richgro
Richgro TV 586/09. Image of a woman applying a spray product without protective clothing and in the presence of children.
Dismissed 09/12/2009
588-09 Advanced Medical Institute
AMI - Print(588/09)two giggling women whispering about their partners IN THE BEDROOM
Dismissed Print 09/12/2009
590-09 Reckitt Benckiser (Aust) Pty Ltd
Reckitt Benckiser (Mortein)590/09. Automatic Spray shows insects laying about bloated after feeding on scraps of food.
Dismissed 09/12/2009
March 2001
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort ascending Media Determination date
55-01 Smith's Snackfood Co Ltd The
Smith's Snackfood - Lay's Potato Chips - 'Digimon'
Dismissed 13/03/2001
56-01 Holden Ltd
Holden - Utility - ‘New Holden Ute. Create a storm’ - man rubs hands in dust, then drives in circles with eddies of dust creating a "storm"
Dismissed 13/03/2001
March 2002
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55-02 Holden Ltd
Holden - Monaro - computer game - "The Monaro is back" and "Game Over"car negotiating bends, tunnel, bridge and passing Australian landmarks
Dismissed 12/03/2002
56-02 Wrigley Co Pty Ltd The
Wrigley - PK - girls feign difficulties in swimming pool to attract lifesavers "Your breath stinks. You need PK"
Dismissed 12/03/2002
57-02 Lexus Australia
Lexus Australia - SC430 - convertible attracts young woman to older man "He's witty, charming, smart, really smart, knows a lot about music & art, incredably kind & generous, adventurous, sensitive, & sexy - man of my dreams" Caption "She's lying"
Dismissed 12/03/2002
58-02 Coca-Cola South Pacific Pty Ltd
Coca-Cola - Coca-Cola - men riding camels in desert and carrying surfboards
Dismissed 12/03/2002
April 2005
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort ascending Media Determination date
55-05 McDonald's Aust Ltd
McDonald's - train drivers shown as incompetent in face of emergency - McDonald's crew "save the day"
Dismissed 12/04/2005
57-05 ACP Publishing Pty Ltd
ACP Publishing - Madison magazine launch based on detective series, uses words "God damned"
Dismissed 12/04/2005
58-05 GlaxoSmithKline Australia Pty Ltd
GlaxoSmithKline - Ribena - small boy underwater in animated ocean a la Nemo - no floaties/snorkel
Dismissed 12/04/2005
May 1998
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort ascending Media Determination date
55-98 Peugeot Concessionaires Pty Ltd
Peugeot - "Car & train at speed"
Dismissed 12/05/1998
November 2009
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556-09 Essential Beauty Franchising
Essential Beauty Franchising TV 556/09. Image of womens pubic area with voice over saying "don't let the tasmanian grow wild"
Dismissed 25/11/2009
March 2008
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56-08 Service Central (Aust) Pty Ltd
Service Central - man and woman pouring chocolate over each other and rolling around while someone cleans carpet
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued 12/03/2008
59-08 Townsville Automotive Detailing
Townsville Automotive Detailing - Eurpoean voice refers to "wogs" and "stooges"
Dismissed Radio 12/03/2008
January 2010
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort ascending Media Determination date
563-09 Advanced Medical Institute
AMI - Radio 563/09. Can we practice?
Dismissed Radio 20/01/2010
585-09 Glamour Shots
Glamour Shots Posters 585/09. Women wearing lingerie and revealing clothing in sexual poses.
Dismissed Poster 20/01/2010
594-09 Reckitt Benckiser (Aust) Pty Ltd
Reckitt Benckiser - Aerogard - Billboard 594/09. Includes text "Don't give blood"
Dismissed Outdoor 20/01/2010
598-09 Albury Hobby Centre
Albury Hobby Centre - TV 598/09. Suggestive comments made about Santa
Dismissed 20/01/2010
June 1998
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort ascending Media Determination date
57-98 KIA Automotive Australia
KIA - "Leather bondage outfits."
Dismissed 09/06/1998
58-98 Sanitarium Health Food Company
Sanitarium - Weet Bix - "Children at play"
Dismissed 09/06/1998
April 2001
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort ascending Media Determination date
58-01 Coca-Cola South Pacific Pty Ltd
Coca-Cola - man sprays people with fire hose and fills van
Dismissed 10/04/2001
60-01 Kellogg (Aust) Pty Ltd
Kellogg - Special K - 'making love with the light on'
Dismissed 10/04/2001
March 2003
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58-03 Coca-Cola South Pacific Pty Ltd
Coca-Cola - woman in bikini - 'You know you want it'.
Dismissed Outdoor 11/03/2003
59-03 Nissan Motor Co (Aust) Pty Ltd
Nissan - Shift - range of vehicles.
Dismissed 11/03/2003
60-03 Blue Haven Pools & Spas Pty Ltd
Blue Haven Pools & Spas - elephant falls through floor.
Dismissed 11/03/2003
March 1999
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort ascending Media Determination date
58-99 Smith's Snackfood Co Ltd The
Smith's Snackfood - Lay's potato chips - "Beethoven's 'Song of Joy'"
Dismissed 09/03/1999
59-99 Simplot Aust Pty Ltd
Simplot - Nanna's desserts - 'Two elderly women'
Dismissed 09/03/1999
March 2007
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59-07 Sexpo Pty Ltd
Sexpo - woman's torso wearing hipster jeans - thumbs tucked into waistband
Dismissed Outdoor 13/03/2007
February 2001
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6-01 Collins Foods Group Pty Ltd
Collins Foods Group - Sizzler - 'Kids'
Dismissed 13/02/2001
February 1999
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6-99 Barbeques Galore (Aust.) Pty Ltd
Barbeques Galore - admiring man - woman hits with spade
Dismissed 09/02/1999
March 2000
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60-00 Select Kitchens
Select Kitchens - 2 print ads
Dismissed Print 14/03/2000
April 2004
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60-04 National Rugby League Ltd
NRL - Qld footballer releasing cane toads into NSW
Dismissed 13/04/2004

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