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March 2009
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
72-09 Souvlaki Hut
Souvlaki Hut - featuring images of fried meals & chips available and promoted as being healthy.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 11/03/2009
73-09 Sexpo Pty Ltd
Sexpo - Billboard - image of topless woman with her gloved hands over her breasts.
Dismissed Sex Industry Outdoor 11/03/2009
76-09 Nestle Ice Cream
Nestle - Peter's Drumstick. Child says "look at that" to see an ice-cream being pointed upwards.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 11/03/2009
July 1998
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
72-98 Coca-Cola South Pacific Pty Ltd
Coca-Cola - burping woman at fridge
Dismissed 14/07/1998
73-98 Target Australia Pty Ltd
Target - an ovum and sperm
Dismissed Retail 14/07/1998
74-98 Bonds Industries Ltd
Bonds - couple kissing and undressing
Dismissed Clothing 14/07/1998
75-98 Dimmeys Stores Pty Ltd
Dimmeys Stores - "No Nickers"
Dismissed Retail 14/07/1998
March 1999
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
72-99 GT Interactive Software Aust Pty Ltd
GT Interactive Software - Oddworld - "Space creature"
Dismissed Outdoor 09/03/1999
74-99 Blacktown Motor World
Blacktown Motor World - "Small town service in the big city"
Dismissed Retail 09/03/1999
75-99 DirecDial Insurance
DirecDial Financial Services - "Caught in the traffic"
Dismissed Insurance Radio 09/03/1999
76-99 Cuddles 'N Mum
Cuddles 'N' Mum - "Sleeping baby"
Dismissed Retail 09/03/1999
March 2000
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
73-00 Mitsubishi Motors Aust Ltd
Mitsubishi - Magna - impotent man
Dismissed 14/03/2000
74-00 Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd
Nine Network - 'Compulsive Viewing' - Flasher Jamie Dunn & B105 FM Morning Crew
Dismissed Media Print 14/03/2000
76-00 Crows Nest Mainstreet
Crows Nest Mainstreet - 'Faaark! Over 110 places to eat at Crowie' and 'There are so many place to eat at Crows Nest!'
Dismissed Community Awareness Outdoor 14/03/2000
April 2003
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
73-03 LG Electronics Aust Pty Ltd
LG Electronics - Flat screen TV-men in boardroom watching soccer when boss walks in
Dismissed Telecommunications 08/04/2003
74-03 North Coast Kawasaki
North Coast Kawasaki - incentive of 20 cases of beer.
Dismissed 08/04/2003
76-03 Honda Australia Pty Ltd
Honda - Odyssey -baby in car driver's seat.
Dismissed 08/04/2003
77-03 P&D Crash Supplies
P&D Crash Supplies - scantily-clad woman sitting suggestively on compressor.
Dismissed Hardware/Machinery Print 08/04/2003
April 2004
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
73-04 99 Group Centre
99 Group Centre - Double A - young woman climbs on photocopier and kneels over scanner with legs apart and accidentally prints image - male colleague walks in and sees prints
Dismissed 13/04/2004
74-04 Ferrero Australia Pty Ltd (Ferrero Rocher)
Ferrero Rocher - Kinder Surprise - child wins ticket to enter TV and be inside computer games
Dismissed 13/04/2004
75-04 Calvin Klein Underwear
Calvin Klein Jeans- jeans-only clad male leaning against female pressed against wall
Dismissed Clothing Outdoor 13/04/2004
76-04 Mike Carney Toyota
Mike Carney Toyota - Nobody's Used Cars TV ad - "What are you doing with that exhaust? You freak!"
Dismissed 13/04/2004
77-04 Mike Carney Toyota
Mike Carney Toyota - Nobody's Used Cars radio ad - Townsville's having a love affair - "What are you doing with that exhaust? You freak!"
Dismissed Radio 13/04/2004
March 2006
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
73-06 ACP Publishing Pty Ltd
ACP Publishing - Cosmopolitan - two girls refer to male genitals in derogatory terms
Dismissed Media Radio 14/03/2006
74-06 Telstra Corporation Ltd
Telstra - 101 Home Messages - son telling elderly mother how to use 101 messages feature on phone - he gets impatient when every time he does a practice run, she keeps answering the phone instead of pretending she's out so he can leave msg
Dismissed Telecommunications 14/03/2006
75-06 EMAP Australia Pty Ltd
Emap - Zoo Weekly - old man eating sausages finds a gold ring in his mouth - in flashback we see a man in a factory falling into a mincing machine
Dismissed Media 14/03/2006
76-06 Urban Co Pty Ltd
Urban Co - three young women, one standing with arms over her head, one on ground with bent legs, and one woman standing with left hand in crotch and right hand on her bottom
Dismissed Clothing Outdoor 14/03/2006
March 2007
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
73-07 Nestle Australia Ltd
Nestle - Chilled Dairy - Diet Yoghurt - courier tells woman she's eating unwanted calories and they will go straight to her thighs
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 13/03/2007
74-07 Fairfax Digital
Fairfax Digital - domain.com.au - sounds of couple having sex, neighbour banging on wall to keep noise down as he needs to get up for work in morning - sex couple are his parents
Dismissed Media Radio 13/03/2007
75-07 Luscious Locs Hair Extensions
Luscious Locs Hair Extensions - woman with long dark hair naked from the waist up but wearing a pink boa around her neck to cover her breasts
Dismissed Other Print 13/03/2007
76-07 3 Click Ltd
3 Click - Samclick - "sex tips, get wet & wild or naughty & fun"; "better orgasms"; "kamasutra"; "drive her wild tips"; "help him last longer"
Dismissed Print 13/03/2007
April 2008
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
73-08 Hungry Jacks
Hungry Jacks - Kids Club meals - Golden Compass movie promo
Dismissed 09/04/2008
February 2010
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
73-10 EMAP Australia Pty Ltd
EMAP. (Zoo magazine) 73/10 TVC with women in bikinis posing in front of men
Dismissed Entertainment 24/02/2010
April 2001
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
74-01 Subaru (Aust) Pty Ltd
Subaru - Impreza
Dismissed 10/04/2001
75-01 Sancella Pty Ltd
Sancella - Libra G-string Shaped Liners
Dismissed Toiletries Outdoor 10/04/2001
76-01 Red Fruit Truck
Red Fruit Truck - slashed cat
Dismissed Retail Print 10/04/2001
77-01 Sydney Turf Club
Sydney Turf Club - 'Ladies Day' meeting
Dismissed Radio 10/04/2001
March 2002
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
74-02 Unilever Australasia
Unilever - SunSilk - Maximum Shine shampoo - woman comments in head about another woman's hair. Sees hairdresser Joh Bailey "I like the look of him. I wonder if he's. Joh says "Yeah, sorry, I am"
Dismissed Toiletries 12/03/2002
April 2005
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
74-05 Medecins Sans Frontieres
Medecins Sans Frontieres - Doctors Without Borders - images of dead bodies and severed limbs
Dismissed Community Awareness 12/04/2005
76-05 Bank of Western Australia Ltd (Bankwest)
Bank of WA - Bankwest - person doing computer banking when a hand comes out of the screen and slaps him, same happens when he uses an ATM
Dismissed Finance/Investment 12/04/2005
77-05 Vodafone Network Pty Ltd
Vodafone - "Can your mobile phone tell you when to chuck a sickie?"
Dismissed Telecommunications Outdoor 12/04/2005
March 2008
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
74-08 Coca-Cola South Pacific Pty Ltd
Coca-Cola - Sprite - "Drink Sprite, Look Sexy. You must be sexy first, straight up, thirst for truth" girl in bikini
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries Outdoor 12/03/2008
75-08 Coca-Cola South Pacific Pty Ltd
Coca-Cola - Sprite - "Your parents still do it" - and image of middle-aged couple
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries Transport 12/03/2008
76-08 BlueScope Steel
BlueScope Steel Ghost - appparently dead man's spirit rises and admires his roof but another man gives CPR - when victim rouses both look disgusted at the fact that they seemed to be kissing
Dismissed 12/03/2008
February 2009
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
74-09 Gotta Getta Group
Gotta Getta Group - Pre school aged children using the term "bugger all"
Dismissed 25/02/2009
75-09 Red Bull Aust Pty Ltd
Red Bull - TV - cartoon people on the beach with black square covering male private parts.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 25/02/2009
March 2000
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
75-00 KMart Australia Ltd
KMart - children grab elderly woman's handbag
Dismissed Retail 11/03/2000
March 2010
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
75-10 Unilever Australasia
Unilever - Streets Paddle Pops (75/10) TV. 'Lick a prize' promotion
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 10/03/2010
76-10 Unilever Australasia
Unilever - Streets Paddle pops (76/10) Internet. 'Lick a Prize Soak a Rama' promotion
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries Internet 10/03/2010
April 2002
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
76-02 Officeworks Superstores Pty Ltd
Officeworks Superstores - man in toilet (see 70/02)
Dismissed Retail 09/04/2002

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