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September 2020
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort descending Determination date
0259-20 Toyota Motor Corporation Australia
This television advertisement features a young woman driving a corolla with her young male partner in the front passenger seat. The woman is navigating through the city and is not following the directions of her GPS.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 09/09/2020
0260-20 Toyota Motor Corporation Australia
This television advertisement depicts a young woman driving a RAV4 with her male partner asleep in the front passenger seat. She drives over a cattle grate and the man wakes up and screams briefly.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 09/09/2020
0265-20 Kellogg (Aust.) Pty Ltd
This television advertisement depicts two children rushing to a store to buy milk so they can have Coco Pops, then arriving home to their father eating the cereal as he'd just gone to get milk.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 09/09/2020
0267-20 ALDI Australia
This television advertisement features a woman watching TV in bed on a laptop computer. There are various snack foods and drinks on bed-side tables on either side of her. The voiceover states "Happy Binge Watching Day!"
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 09/09/2020
0266-20 IAG Insurance
This television advertisement is for NRMA Insurance and features various scenes involving bushfires.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Insurance TV - Free to Air 09/09/2020
0263-20 Brand Developers
This television advertisement is two minutes long and promotes a product called "Fish Seeker". The advertisement depicts various scenes of people using the product, and various scenes of fish.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Sport and Leisure TV - Free to Air 09/09/2020
September 2020
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort descending Determination date
0268-20 eBay Australia & New Zealand
There are three versions of this television advertisement which feature employees of eBay discussing customer orders and the processing of customer orders.
Dismissed Retail TV - Free to Air 23/09/2020
0272-20 Victorian Department of Health and Human Services
This television advertisement depicts actor Shane Jacobson working on a car wearing a mask. He speak to camera saying: "You know, when I was a little tacker, they used to have an ad campaign for condoms, and they had a slogan which was, "If it;s not on, it's not on." Now, thank goodness my parents didn't follow that advice or I wouldn't be here today. But you know what, I am here today and I'd like to stay here. So I'm bringing the slogan back-if it's not on, it's not on. So whack one of your face.
Dismissed Community Awareness TV - Free to Air 23/09/2020
0273-20 Bergamet
This television advertisement is for the product Bergamale Natural performance Plus and begins with a scene showing a man and woman in a bedroom in dressing gowns, and then shows various other couple during thr advertisement.
Dismissed Sex Industry TV - Free to Air 23/09/2020
0275-20 Chemist Warehouse
This television advertisement features a woman looking at perfume in a store. A male sales assistant approaches her to advise of price.
Dismissed Toiletries TV - Free to Air 23/09/2020
0276-20 Ford Australia
This television advertisement for a Ford Ranger features a man with his vehicle stuck in a body of water, watching a Ford drive through the water easily.
Dismissed Automotive TV - Free to Air 23/09/2020
0280-20 George Western Foods
This television advertisement features a family in a kitchen making lunch using the advertised product. When the voiceover references the calorie count of the product the scene shows a teenage girl biting into her lunch.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 23/09/2020
0287-20 Woolworths Supermarkets
This television advertisement is promoting Woolworths. The advertisement includes the super: "Proudly committed to an Australian First Fresh Sourcing Policy. Woolworths.com.au"
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 23/09/2020
October 2020
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort descending Determination date
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
0289-20 Global Shop Direct
This television advertisement is for a product called Cup Call. The advertisement features various scenes of people using the product.
Dismissed Automotive TV - Free to Air 07/10/2020
0290-20 GVC Australia Pty Ltd
2This television advertisement shows three men discussing their choices for an upcoming race.
Dismissed Gambling TV - Free to Air 07/10/2020
0291-20 Fiat Chrysler Australia Pty Ltd
This television advertisement opens on an aerial shot of a remote petrol station in Australia. Two men stand out front of a petrol station discussing the new Jeep that has stopped at the petrol station. One man comments "What's a car like that doing in a place like this?".
Dismissed Automotive TV - Free to Air 07/10/2020
0293-20 Amazon Prime Video
The television advertisement contains several short scenes from the series The Boys.
Dismissed Entertainment TV - Free to Air 07/10/2020
0297-20 ALDI Australia
This television advertisement begins with a a father and son standing on the edge of a cliff looking across a valley. The father nudges his son and they look up to the sky. The father points to what at first appears to be a large flock of birds flying towards them. It very quickly becomes apparent that the flock is not birds, but bunches of "flying bananas". The son tosses what appears to be a stone into the air and one of the bunches of bananas drops.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 07/10/2020
0304-20 Lactalis Australia
This television advertisement features a reference to "fresh, natural Zymil".
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 07/10/2020
0305-20 eBay Australia & New Zealand
This television advertisement features a man and woman in a warehouse. They look at a delivery of protein powder and the man references working out. The woman makes a comment about him eating pies.
Dismissed Retail TV - Free to Air 07/10/2020
October 2020
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort descending Determination date
0318-20 Nestlé
This television advertisement shows a couple sitting on the steps of a beach house drinking coffee. They watch an older man run towards the water with a skim board, trip, somersault and the land on the board in the water.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 21/10/2020
0319-20 Ferrero Australia Pty Ltd
This television advertisement features a boy and girl sitting together. The girl is wearing a fairy costume and the boy is wearing dinosaur pyjamas. They open Kinder Surprises. The girl opens a pink egg to find a fairy. The boy opens a blue egg to find a dinosaur.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 21/10/2020
November 2020
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort descending Determination date
0324-20 Bras n Things
This television advertisement features women in lingerie and a voice over speaking about the different aspects to a person.
Dismissed Lingerie TV - Free to Air 11/11/2020
0325-20 The Man Shake
This television advertisement depicts former rugby league player Wally Lewis dressed as a king holding a football. He states, “They call me the King and I feel like a king thanks to the Man Shake. Time to get rid of tiered, cranky, hungry and that gut.” A man is shown eating a sandwich at a table, Wally Lewis throws a football at him, which hits him in the head and he falls backwards.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 11/11/2020
0327-20 Fallon Solutions Pty Ltd
This television advertisement features a woman and man discussing a leaking sink. He proposes fixing it with duct tape. She instead uses the duct tape to restrain him while she calls a plumber to fix the sink.
Dismissed House Goods Services TV - Free to Air 11/11/2020
November 2020
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort descending Determination date
0338-20 McDonald’s Australia Limited
This television advertisement features well-known personalities from the Block television series.
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 25/11/2020
0342-20 Sportsbet
This television advertisement features an animated horse laying on a bed with a trophy covering it's groin and a carrot in its mouth. The voiceover states "Waiting up for something special? Look no further big boy" and details the offer from the advertiser.
Dismissed Gambling TV - Free to Air 25/11/2020
0343-20 Sportsbet
The Advertisement shows a group of friends hiking up a mountain. Once they reach the top one of the men pulls out a 'selfie stick' which is holding his mobile phone. All men lean in towards the phone to watch the live racing on the Sportsbet app
Dismissed Gambling TV - Free to Air 25/11/2020
0345-20 Ford Australia
This television advertisement depicts two Ford vehicles: (1) a delivery driver parking a Ford Transit Custom in front of a business’ gate in order to deliver a package; and (2) a construction worker parking their Ford Ranger at a construction site and putting on their work boots.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 25/11/2020
0346-20 Youi
This television advertisement has three versions: A man packaging oysters. A man and woman making soup. A woman and man packaging dog treats.
Dismissed Insurance TV - Free to Air 25/11/2020
0347-20 Lotterywest
This television advertisement is set in a living room. A female character is shown watching the television and jumping up and down with excitement. She starts to look dizzy, then she faints and falls onto the safety of her couch. The voiceover reveals that she’s just won OZ Lotto and fainted from excitement. The end graphics promoting OZ Lotto fade onto the screen.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Gambling TV - Free to Air 25/11/2020
0349-20 Beachport Caravan Park
This television advertisement begins with a scene of a person's bare feet on the dashboard of a car as it drives into town.Further scenes shows attractions of the town and the facilities of the advertised caravan park.
Dismissed Tourist Attractions TV - Free to Air 25/11/2020
0351-20 Just.Cos Cosmetic Surgery
This television advertisement feature several scenes of women and close up scenes of breasts. The voiceover states "Who needs eye contact? Get the breast implants you've been wishing for for Just Cos. Contact us today to find out more."
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Other TV - Free to Air 25/11/2020
0352-20 Greenstone Financial Services
This television advertisement shows a man getting two cups of water and going upstairs. As he's on the stairs, he dances up and down.
Dismissed Insurance TV - Free to Air 25/11/2020
0353-20 PD Insurance
This television advertisement depicts a mother driving her car and listening to her daughter questioning whether she will be able to use the car once she gets her drivers licence. The mother does not respond verbally but rather her reactions/responses are captured in thought bubbles. The daughter reaches the conclusion that she should get her own car and look for a job. Her mother turns to her daughter briefly with a pleased look.
Dismissed Insurance TV - Free to Air 25/11/2020
December 2020
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort descending Determination date
0348-20 Hesta
This television advertisement features two scenes of a group of people sitting on the edge of a tall building.
Dismissed Finance/Investment TV - Free to Air 16/12/2020
0357-20 Toyota Motor Corporation Australia
This television advertisement features a couple packing up in the bush and realising their dog is completely covered in mud. They use Siri in the vehicle to navigate to a dog groomer. The muddy dog is bundled out of the backseat and the scene changes to the clean dog re-entering the car. The woman looks at the man and notices that he also looks different and cleaner. They then have a conversation where he sheepishly says that he took up a 2-for-1 offer at the dog groomer.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 16/12/2020
0358-20 Hungry Jacks
This television advertisement features 5 people sitting at a bench and using their hands and coloured drinking glasses to make music.
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 16/12/2020
0359-20 Mondelez International
This advertisement features a child in the back seat of a car rapping the lyrics to a song on the radio and a woman driving
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 16/12/2020
0364-20 Bluebet
This television advertisement features a man talking to camera about various blue things - Blue tongue lizards, blue rinses, cheeky little bluey, etc.
Dismissed Gambling TV - Free to Air 16/12/2020
0365-20 IAG Insurance
This television advertisement shows a woman asleep at the wheel of a vehicle and her children asleep in the back seat as the vehicle drives them home autonomously.
Dismissed Insurance TV - Free to Air 16/12/2020
0366-20 Aware Super Pty Ltd
There are two versions of this television advertisement, a 45 second version and a 60 second version. Both versions feature a nurse witnessing and responding to a traffic accident.
Dismissed Finance/Investment TV - Free to Air 16/12/2020
0367-20 Toyota Motor Corporation Australia
This television advertisement shows scene of three siblings being late to their parents anniversary and their attempts to get there.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Vehicle TV - Free to Air 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
0370-20 AVIS
This television advertisement features a woman walking though a jungle. She then walks into a bathroom with a man singing in the shower. The ad closes with the woman passing the man a towel as he steps out of the shower and is shown from behind.
Dismissed Vehicle 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
0373-20 IKEA Australia
This television advertisement features various people walking through a field and turning on lights hanging from trees and lamps on tables.
Dismissed Retail TV - Free to Air 16/12/2020
0378-20 Coles
This television advertisement features Curtis Stone advertising Christmas pork meals. It features him holding a roast pork, carving a roast pork and images of people celebrating Christmas. There is also vision of farms and farmers.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 16/12/2020
January 2021
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort descending Determination date
0003-21 Love Honey
This television advertisement features a voice-over stating: "Ever imagined what a female climax feels like? Stop imagining. Meet the Arcwave Ion, available at Lovehoney."
Dismissed Sex Industry TV - Free to Air 20/01/2021

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