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July 2006
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207-07 Strike Bowling Bar
Strike Bowling Bar - "Smashing Pins! Score every night at Strike"
Dismissed Transport 10/07/2006
April 2001
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66-01 Ford Motor Co of Aust Ltd
Ford - Falcon Sedan XR8 - 'Lightning Fast'
Dismissed 10/04/2001
April 1998
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21-98 None
IKEA - Austscan - Bedroom Storage TV commercial
Dismissed 14/04/1998
July 1998
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70-98 Dairy Farmers
Dairy Farmers - Dare - Does my bum look big
Dismissed 14/07/1998
April 2009
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130-09 Ultra Company
Ultra Company (130/09) Nude Viewer mobile phone program
Dismissed 08/04/2009
March 2008
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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
April 2005
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79-05 Origin Energy
Origin Energy - young man at football spills another's beer - when he can't replace it he's hung by his underpants in change room
Dismissed 12/04/2005
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
58-05 GlaxoSmithKline Australia Pty Ltd
GlaxoSmithKline - Ribena - small boy underwater in animated ocean a la Nemo - no floaties/snorkel
Dismissed 12/04/2005
September 1998
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136-98 Proton Cars Australia Pty Limited
Proton Cars Australia Pty Limited - "Canetoads"
Dismissed Outdoor 08/09/1998
139-98 Smith's Snackfood Co Ltd The
Smith's Snackfood - Smith's Crisps - 'Smith Family' stick figures
Dismissed 08/09/1998
April 2007
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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
102-07 McDonald's Aust Ltd
McDonald's - Tick Meals - Human Burger - people climbing on top of each other to build human burger
Dismissed 10/04/2007
April 2002
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87-02 IKEA
IKEA - Tidy flat - young girl kissing boy sees his flat is very tidy and thinks "He must be gay"
Dismissed 09/04/2002
September 2005
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234-05 Nestle Confectionery
Nestle - Allen's Anticol Vapour Action Lozenges - skiiers blown off ski slope as if by bomb blast
Dismissed 13/09/2005
April 2003
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95-03 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota - Prado - Driver Assist Technology - bouncing off rocks, surging through creeks.
Dismissed 08/04/2003
May 2005
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98-05 Arnott's Biscuits Ltd
Arnott's - Tim Tams - Dangerous Liaisons - woman lying on back with a strip of ribbon-like fabric across her breasts and crotch, advertising three different flavoured Tim Tams, chilli, blackforest and creamy truffle
Dismissed Outdoor 10/05/2005
114-05 Land Rover Australia
Land Rover - Discovery - shows the vehicle speeding, making sudden turns and a 4 wheel drift
Dismissed 10/05/2005
October 2002
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246-02 Dreamworld
Dreamworld - 'Doubleshot' - stuntman jumps of 30-story building, having forgotten his parachute
Dismissed 08/10/2002
February 2010
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16-10 Fernwood Fitness Centres Aust Pty Ltd
Fernwood Fitness 16/10. Print advertisement with text "Join for FOX sake"
Dismissed Print 10/02/2010
September 2000
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253-00 Tricon Restaurants International
Tricon - Pizza Hut - Big New Yorker Pizza
Dismissed 05/09/2000
265-00 Picton Group The
Picton Group - Emerje Cosmetic and Laser Clinic - nude woman
Dismissed Print 05/09/2000
August 2003
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259-03 O'Brien Glass Industries Ltd
O'Brien Glass - Clarksons - child reports glass breakage.
Dismissed Radio 12/08/2003
February 2004
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17-04 Kellogg (Aust) Pty Ltd
Kellogg - Crunchy Nut - couple committing adultery, husband comes home
Dismissed 17/02/2004
June 2003
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172-03 Kellogg (Aust) Pty Ltd
Kellogg - Nutri Grain - 'No matter how big he grows, he'll always be your baby boy'.
Dismissed 10/06/2003
June 2009
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268-09 BMW Group Australia Ltd
BMW (Z4)268/09 - TV ad showing car being driven recklessly.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued 10/06/2009
August 2008
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288-08 Hyundai Motor Company Australia Pty Ltd
Hyundai - Santa Fe - Kostya Tszyu & kids driving in boxing gloves
Dismissed 13/08/2008
October 2005
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290-05 Ateco Automotive Pty Limited
Ateco - Alfa Romeo 156 JTS - Italians stereotyped by image of woman throwing plate of spaghetti and holding fingers in traditional Italian body language
Dismissed Print 11/10/2005
February 2002
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3-02 Australian Laser Clinic Pty Ltd The
Australian Laser Clinic - woman in bra embracing man with hairy back, with expression of displeasure; "after" shots of her smiling when man has hairless back
Dismissed Print 12/02/2002
20-02 AWB Photo & Film Company
AWB Photo & Film - 'Shoot your kids for Christmas'
Dismissed Print 12/02/2002
December 2004
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317-04 Coca-Cola South Pacific Pty Ltd
Coca-Cola - Fanta - "get an earful" - visual shows an ear sucking Fanta through a straw
Dismissed 07/12/2004
332-04 Inghams Enterprises Pty Limited
Inghams - Chicken Breast Fillets - Late Hubby - annoyed wife tips freshly cooked meal into rubbish bin
Dismissed 07/12/2004
December 2005
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346-05 BlueScope Steel
BlueScope Steel - Colorbond - Outhouse - man sitting on toilet, with door open so he can gaze at his new roof. Wife's friend and young daughter see him, so he reluctantly closes the door
Dismissed 13/12/2005
January 2010
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01-10 Cabots Australia
Cabot's TVC 01/10 - Woman in advertisement refers to "boys and their decks"
Dismissed 20/01/2010
February 1999
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36-99 Pizza Haven
Pizza Haven - "Man leaving for work"
Dismissed 09/02/1999
February 2001
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376-00 Holden Ltd
Holden - Commodore - Mark Skaife talking about control provided by anti-lock braking system.
Dismissed 13/02/2001
March 2005
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38-05 Mercedes-Benz Aust/Pacific P/L
DaimlerChrysler - Mercedes Benz - "We should be born old and and then we would have more " portrays a sex scene with a man and woman in bed
Dismissed 08/03/2005
November 2003
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389-03 LG Electronics Aust Pty Ltd
LG Electronics - Flatron LCD computer monitor - 'Thin is beautiful'.
Dismissed Print 11/11/2003
December 2007
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424-07 Jamba! GmbH
Jamba - Rude Fun Ringtones - "pick up the f***ing phone"; "your mother is fat" etc
Dismissed 11/12/2007
February 2006
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43-06 Aquaflo
Aquaflo - Aquababe - young woman in bikini top & shorts demonstrates water refill station
Dismissed 14/02/2006
October 2009
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458-09 Advanced Medical Institute
AMI - (458/09) Radio - not created equal
Dismissed Radio 14/10/2009
December 2006
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486-06 Big Kart Track
Big Kart Track - "Every K is a thriller" - large green image of a speedometer highlighting 20 - 60kph with cartoon-style racing car and driver backed with chequered flags on orange background
Dismissed Outdoor 12/12/2006
June 2007
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179-07 Ateco Automotive Pty Limited
Ateco - Alfa Romeo - "When did anyone ever call a German passionate?"
Dismissed Print 12/06/2007
August 2002
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182-02 Kraft Foods Ltd
Kraft Foods - Toblerone - two ads - 'What?' - man / woman with cheeks pushed out by chocolate in mouth.
Dismissed Outdoor 12/08/2002
March 2001
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53-01 Mr Mark Neville
Mr Mark Neville, Independent, Policital ad, aboriginals
Dismissed 13/03/2001
March 2000
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54-00 Andy Arvanitis Mechanical Repairs
Andy Arvanitis Mechanical Repairs - lingerie
Dismissed Cinema 14/03/2000
May 2004
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106-04 McDonald's Aust Ltd
McDonald's - Anzac Day - old digger with comrades gradually vanishing
Dismissed 11/05/2004
August 2005
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205-05 H J Heinz Co Australia Ltd
H J Heinz - Big & Chunky Soup - woman in bed tries to initiate sex with her male partner
Dismissed 09/08/2005
June 2006
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208-06 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota - Prado - Ice Sculpture - car made of ice shown sliding out of control in normal driving conditions, compared with Prado
Dismissed 13/06/2006
March 1998
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12-98 Conference of Australian Milk Authorities
Conference of Australian Milk Authorities - milkman
Dismissed 10/03/1998

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