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April 2001
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
81-01 Samsung Electronics Aust Pty Ltd
Samsung - Joystick Phone - 3 ads
Dismissed Telecommunications Outdoor 10/04/2001
82-01 Nestle Chilled Dairy
Nestle - Chilled Dairy - Yogurt - Hindu teaching yoga
Dismissed 10/04/2001
April 2002
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
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
83-02 Unilever Australasia
Unilever - Streets - Magnum- "Greed - give in to it" - woman steals from welfare clothing bin - "Streets Magnum - 7 deadly sins"
Dismissed 09/04/2002
84-02 Clorox Aust Pty Ltd
Clorox - Chux Robust - woman finds kitchen a mess and cleans up, then enters loung to find man, boy and dog have messaed that up too
Dismissed 09/04/2002
85-02 Unilever Australasia
Unilever - Streets - Magnum - "Revenge - Give in to it"couple dining, second woman enters and greets male, while behind her back she signs the seated woman indicationg something small
Dismissed 09/04/2002
April 2003
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
81-03 Nestle Australia Ltd
Nestle - Kit Kat - Chunky - Caramel - man's mouth gets stuck to magazine page.
Dismissed 08/04/2003
84-03 Hankook Tyres
Hankook Tyres - car bouncing up and down - "right chemistry for your car"
Dismissed Retail 08/04/2003
85-03 Skywest Airlines Pty Ltd
Skywest Airlines - 'Quick Fokker'.
Dismissed Travel Outdoor 08/04/2003
May 2004
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
81-04 Diana Ferrari
Diana Ferrari - shoes - man swinging child lets her go as he sees female wearing shoes
Dismissed Clothing 11/05/2004
83-04 Domino's Pizza Australia Pty Ltd
Domino's - delivery boy dragged into house by three girls
Dismissed 11/05/2004
84-04 Freedom Furniture Ltd
Freedom Furniture - 3 women dressed as African hunters carry half-naked man on pole
Dismissed 11/05/2004
85-04 Ateco Automotive Pty Limited
Ateco - Alfa Romeo - visual & sound suggest speed - sold as "performance speed machine"
Dismissed 11/05/2004
April 2005
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
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
83-05 Football Federation of Australia
Football Federation - Iraq v Aust game - player scores goal then lifts his shirt over his head
Dismissed Transport 12/04/2005
84-05 Just Jeans Group
Just Jeans - Parisian - woman finds snail in mailbox- she takes off shell and eats snail
Dismissed Clothing 12/04/2005
85-05 Domino's Pizza Australia Pty Ltd
Domino's - 3 Pizza Special - girls choosing pizzas - one suggests "vegeroni" and another girl thinks "Just pick off the meat you Hippie"
Dismissed 12/04/2005
March 2006
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
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
83-06 Nissan Motor Co (Aust) Pty Ltd
Nissan - Murano - man hosing down car in driveway during water restrictions - he puts his golf clubs in the boot but a woman get into the car and drives off to the city - the man stands puzzled
Dismissed 14/03/2006
84-06 Kellogg (Aust) Pty Ltd
Kellogg - Coco Pops - Monica Trapaga says product fulfills up tp 90% of daily calcium requirements
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 14/03/2006
85-06 Kellogg (Aust) Pty Ltd
Kellogg - LCM Bars - child eating a supposedly healthy bar for lunch
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 14/03/2006
March 2008
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
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
82-08 Virgin Money (Aust) Pty Ltd
Virgin Money - TV - Everlasting Love -elderly man hoses wife in garden and they become passionate, stripping off clothes and embracing behind a bush
Dismissed Finance/Investment 12/03/2008
83-08 Little Aussie Bum Pub Co
Little Aussie Bum Pub - female's g-stringed butt shown
Dismissed Entertainment 12/03/2008
85-08 Hungry Jacks
Hungry Jacks - apprentice sent off to buy construction crew's lunch
Dismissed 12/03/2008
March 2009
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
81-09 Advanced Medical Institute
AMI - 81/09 Billboard - includes wording "women faking it"
Dismissed Health Products Outdoor 11/03/2009
82-09 Eagle Boys Pizza
Eagle Boys - TV opening line has male voice saying "it sucks"
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 11/03/2009
84-09 GIO Australia
GIO - Home Insurance where family returns home after home being rebuilt and young girl opens bedroom door but there is just a brick wall.
Dismissed Insurance 11/03/2009
85-09 Roadshow Film Distributors Pty Ltd
Roadshow - Billboard for Zack and Miri make a Porno
Dismissed Entertainment Outdoor 11/03/2009
July 1998
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
81-98 Cross Promotions
Cross Promotions - In a Blaze of Glory
Dismissed Entertainment 14/07/1998
82-98 Rivers (Aust) Pty Ltd
Rivers - "Man sitting on toilet"
Dismissed Clothing 14/07/1998
83-98 McDonald's Aust Ltd
McDonald's - Puccini's music
Dismissed 14/07/1998
84-98 Coca-Cola South Pacific Pty Ltd
Coca-Cola - men playing rugby with watermelon
Dismissed 14/07/1998
85-98 Kolotex Aust Pty Ltd
Kolotex - Voodoo - "Hunky Tom" - (cinema)
Dismissed Clothing Cinema 14/07/1998
April 1999
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
81-99 United Distillers & Vintners (Aust.) Ltd
United Distillers - "Dentist check up"
Dismissed Alcohol Radio 13/04/1999
82-99 Novartis Animal Health A/asia Pty Ltd
Novartis Animal Health - "Max & Ted"
Dismissed Other 13/04/1999
83-99 Windsor Smith Pty Ltd
Windsor Smith - "Man - unbuttoned shirt - woman - breasts exposed"
Dismissed Clothing Outdoor 13/04/1999
84-99 Time Life Aust Pty Ltd
Time Life - 'Survival in the Wild - Wild Cats'
Dismissed Entertainment 13/04/1999
April 2000
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
82-00 Big Flower Super Nursery
Big Flower - (82/00)- naked black woman holding bottle with sun decal coming out of top, surrounded by wares, including a flower pot balancing on her buttocks
Dismissed Retail Print 11/04/2000
83-00 Sara Lee Apparel Group
Sara Lee Apparel - Wonderbra - 3 advertisements: 'Get off here', 'Am I keeping you up?', 'By the way, my eyes are blue'
Dismissed Clothing Outdoor 11/04/2000
84-00 ThompsonConnect Worldwide
ThompsonConnect - 3 pictures, each with pierced and ringed body-part (ears, tongues, breasts)
Dismissed Print 11/04/2000
85-00 AdultShop.com Ltd
AdultShop.com - 3 ads 'Moan, moan, moan' (1); 'Just got harder' (1); 'Don't stop. Don't stop. Please don't stop' (2)
Dismissed Other Outdoor 11/04/2000
March 2007
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
82-07 Domino's Pizza Australia Pty Ltd
Domino's - mobile phone screen shows young man describing specials to a young woman - she replies "and after...?" followed by description of desserts available
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 13/03/2007
May 2001
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
83-01 Streets Ice Cream
Unilever - Streets - Magnum - condom
Dismissed 08/05/2001
84-01 adidas Australia Pty Ltd
adidas - 'Auskick' - cat - AFL involvement
Dismissed Clothing 08/05/2001
85-01 PAN TV Ltd
PAN TV - World Movies - knickerless dancer cartwheels before 'Marquise'
Dismissed Entertainment 08/05/2001
March 2010
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
83-10 Booty Camp
Booty Camp 83/10 Print ad for outdoor fitness classes for women only.
Dismissed Print 10/03/2010
84-10 RACV Insurance
RACV 84/10. TV ad promoting insurance as part of the "call Jason" campaign and has Jason in a call centre.
Dismissed Insurance 10/03/2010
April 2007
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
84-07 Mitsubishi Motors Aust Ltd
Mitsubishi - Triton - "You'd never see it pulling a float at Mardi Gras, but it could - with 28% more power, it's just not built to ponce around"
Dismissed Print 10/04/2007
85-07 Central Queensland Pumps
Central Qld Pumps - women round pool wearing tight t-shirts with "CQuip" - man's voice says "You will not remember the product but you will remember.." and a close-up of the women's breasts
Dismissed Hardware/Machinery 10/04/2007

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