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September 2004
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225-04 Activision Pty Ltd
Activision - Doom 3 - computer game with demonic/horror graphics
Dismissed Transport 14/09/2004
258-04 Mitsubishi Motors Aust Ltd
Mitsubishi - Magna - "Out with the old" - council workers collecting rubbish including Magna parked on kerb
Dismissed 14/09/2004
August 2000
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229-00 Amazing Clean
Amazing Clean - Scots accent - 'Fuckers'/'Suckers'
Dismissed 08/08/2000
April 2005
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87-05 Australian Football League
AFL - background music to ad is Welsh national anthem "Land of our Fathers" - other ads have different countries' anthems
Dismissed 12/04/2005
March 1998
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9-98 Australian Ladies Masters Golf Tournament
Australian Ladies Masters Golf Tournament - woman teeing off from a man's face
Dismissed 10/03/1998
June 2009
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237-09 Ultra Company
Ultra company (237/09) mobile phone 'Death calculator' PAY TV
Dismissed TV - Pay 10/06/2009
February 2010
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24-10 Crazy Domains
Crazy Domains - 24/10 PAY TV. Male fantasy with Pamela Anderson
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued TV - Pay 10/02/2010
April 2003
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105-03 Mazda Australia Pty Limited
Mazda - Mazda 6 - boy rides bike without helmet in flashback sequence.
Dismissed 08/04/2003
May 2005
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95-05 Jenny Craig Weight Loss Centres Pty Ltd
Jenny Craig - Use of the term "old housewives"
Dismissed 10/05/2005
110-05 Lexus Australia
Lexus Australia - V8 GS430 - car is chained to the wall indicating power
Dismissed Outdoor 10/05/2005
September 2000
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252-00 Kellogg (Aust) Pty Ltd
Kellogg - Special K Red Fruits
Dismissed 05/09/2000
May 2007
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128-07 Yum Restaurants International
Yum - KFC - Bacon Double Cheeseburger - men at drive-thru are condescending to girl taking order
Dismissed 08/05/2007
August 1999
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268-99 Adelaide Cleaning Equipment Pty Ltd
Adelaide Cleaning Equipment (Jet Fire Heater) No.2
Dismissed 10/08/1999
270-99 Ford Motor Co of Aust Ltd
Ford - Falcon Utility - "Where's the water?" - towed snowboard rider
Dismissed 10/08/1999
May 1999
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131-99 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota - Hilux - bugger
Dismissed 11/05/1999
May 2000
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135-00 Honda Australia Pty Ltd
Honda - Odyssey - baby driving car
Dismissed 09/05/2000
September 2003
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274-03 McDonald's Aust Ltd
McDonald's - Salads - man eats hamburger while woman makes 'healthy' choice.
Dismissed 09/09/2003
June 2001
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138-01 Unilever Australasia
Unilever - Lipton - Tea - man in underpants 'indicating a sex act'
Dismissed 12/06/2001
March 2003
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28-03 Kellogg (Aust) Pty Ltd
Kellogg - K-Time Fruit Bars - girl steals bar from colleague.
Dismissed 11/03/2003
34-03 Coca-Cola South Pacific Pty Ltd
Coca-Cola - 'You know you want it' - man appearing drugged in bath; crowd surfing.
Dismissed 11/03/2003
53-03 Colgate Palmolive Pty Ltd
Colgate-Palmolive - Cold Power - torpedoes being fired from submarines.
Dismissed 11/03/2003
July 1999
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149-99 adidas Australia Pty Ltd
adidas - "Take the local championship"
Dismissed 13/07/1999
February 1999
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288-98 Westfish - Seafood Marketing Group of WA
Westfish - Seafood Marketing Group of WA - "Mussels"
Dismissed Print 09/02/1999
June 1999
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160-99 Procter & Gamble Australia Pty Ltd
Proctor & Gamble - Pringles
Dismissed 08/06/1999
190-99 Kellogg (Aust) Pty Ltd
Kellogg - Special K - "99% fat free"
Dismissed Print 08/06/1999
February 2006
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3-06 Blue Haven Pools & Spas Pty Ltd
Blue Haven Pools & Spas - elephant in pool lying on a float and bobbing in the water
Dismissed 14/02/2006
17-06 S C Johnson & Son Pty Ltd
SC Johnson - Baygon - man using outdoor pesticide spray without safety mask or protective clothing - boy's pet spider (CGI) in jar terrified. Mother calls out to get rid of spider - the boy does so by emptying the jar out the window
Dismissed 14/02/2006
December 2002
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301-02 Holden Ltd
Holden - Commodore Utility - 'Crop circles' helicopters and news crews viewing scene - amused man leaning on bonnet of car
Dismissed 10/12/2002
July 2001
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167-01 Simplot Aust Pty Ltd
Simplot - Four n' Twenty Pies - 'Rabbit Food'
Dismissed 10/07/2001
August 2008
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308-08 Haggle co
Haggle Co - 'little person' called Little Mark - pun on furniture has a 'little mark'
Dismissed 13/08/2008
July 2005
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172-05 General Mills Australia Pty Ltd
General Mills - Betty Crocker Cake Mix - young boy is helping to make a cake, once it's baked he takes a piece and says "I like to shove it down my gob"
Dismissed 12/07/2005
182-05 Kellogg (Aust) Pty Ltd
Kellogg - Just Right - man throwing a dart at a revolving globe of the world with no regard to where it lands. The dart hits the globe and is propelled towards a lamp and then into space.
Dismissed 12/07/2005
October 2003
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314-03 Saab Automobile Australia Pty Ltd
Saab - 9-3 Series - 'Aerotic'.
Dismissed Print 14/10/2003
360-03 Porsche Cars Australia Pty Ltd
Porsche - Cayenne S - 'Have your Porsche and your family too' - no number plate.
Dismissed 14/10/2003
July 2010
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0312-10 Pole Perfect Dance Studio
Poster featuring images women performing various poses on a pole. The women are wearing underwear in some poses, gym clothing in others. There is also a picture of a fully clothed man wearing a t-shirt with a bow tie and shirt collars printed on it, and he has two woman either side of him wearing underwear, high heels and fishnet tights. The images are surrounded by text boxes describing the classes on offer at the Pole Perfect Dance Studio, along with details of parties they offer.
Dismissed Poster 28/07/2010
November 2007
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342-07 Suzuki Australia Pty Limited
Suzuki - SX4 - Surveillance - investigaters in car following another vehicle, which keep changes its appearance into hatch, then AWD and then a rally car spinning on a wet road
Dismissed 13/11/2007
August 2010
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0351-10 Scotty's Beach House
Advert for Mission Beach which features three cartoon depictions alongside text: a person falling through the air next to Get HIGH, two people paddling a canoe next to Get WET, and a person lying in bed next to Get LAID. Underneath is the text "...at Mission Beach! Call: 1800 SWEET AS - TURN LEFT 7km"
Dismissed Billboard 25/08/2010
February 2009
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35-09 Environmental Protection Agency
Qld state government - has an overweight man watching tv with 'noone'written on his t-shirt
Dismissed 11/02/2009
October 2006
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376-06 Saab Automobile Australia Pty Ltd
Saab - 9-3 Linear Sport Sedan - vapour trail - car travelling at speed along an empty highway with jet-stream effect
Dismissed 10/10/2006
384-06 TRUenergy
TRUenergy - man driving with megaphone stops near kids buying ice cream and asks if they'd like a free brochure
Dismissed 10/10/2006
November 2007
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389-07 McDonald's Aust Ltd
McDonalds - Driving Test - boy passes driving test and takes a carload of mates to McDonalds - parks too far from drive-thru window and parks crookedly in space
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued 19/11/2007
October 2008
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413-08 Volvo Car Aust Pty Ltd
Volvo - S80 - car without number plate is driven on wrong side of road
Dismissed 30/10/2008
February 2000
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419-99 Dairy Farmers
Dairy Farmers - Dare - sexual athlete - 'I'll bet you always come first'
Dismissed 08/02/2000
December 2006
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436-06 Saab Automobile Australia Pty Ltd
Saab - 9-3 Manual Sports Sedan - "Pilots Wanted - jet fighter aircraft flying and turning quickly before turning into Saab - car is left with tyre/jet skid marks behind it indicating it has been travelling at high speed
Dismissed Internet 12/12/2006
March 2007
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52-07 Thoroughbred Racing South Australia (SA) Limited
Thoroughbred Racing SA Club - Adelaide Cup 2007 (O/D) - woman holding horseshoes to look like handcuffs
Dismissed Outdoor 13/03/2007
June 2008
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185-08 Peugeot Automobiles Australia
Peugeot Automobiles - two lady birds make car bounce
Dismissed 11/06/2008
March 2002
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54-02 Peters & Brownes Group
Peters & Brownes - Connoisseur ice cream - man with naked torso - 'You'll never go back.'
Dismissed Outdoor 12/03/2002
July 2003
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194-03 Honda Motorcycle Power Equipment Pty Ltd
Honda - MPE TRX 350/450 - swear words cut off by other words.
Dismissed Radio 08/07/2003
June 2006
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202-06 Dodo Australia Pty Ltd
Dodo Mobile Phones - Charlie's Angels - three women posing in scanty costumes
Dismissed 13/06/2006
April 2001
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61-01 Streets Ice Cream
Unilever - Streets - Blue Ribbon - Extras
Dismissed 10/04/2001

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