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July 1998
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort ascending Media Determination date
92-98 Kleenheat Gas
Kleenheat Gas - Elderly woman.
Dismissed 14/07/1998
94-98 Kosciusko Thredbo Pty Ltd
Kosciusko Thredbo - Man urinating.
Dismissed 14/07/1998
96-98 Tricon Restaurants International
Tricon - KFC Chicken - Godzilla
Dismissed 14/07/1998
May 2001
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort ascending Media Determination date
93-01 Watling Roche Lawyers
Watling Roche Lawyers - Thank God we're on your side
Dismissed Outdoor 08/05/2001
94-01 Domino's Pizza Australia Pty Ltd
Domino's - man lets woman fall as they dance
Dismissed 08/05/2001
97-01 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota - Camry - 'Ramp' - pixel man/roof skating/frisbee in mouth
Dismissed 08/05/2001
99-01 Aurora Energy Pty Ltd
Aurora Energy - man says 'Poop' on receipt of his Aurora a/c
Dismissed 08/05/2001
April 2002
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort ascending Media Determination date
93-02 Microsoft Pty Ltd
Microsoft - XBOX - "Dead or Alive 3"
Dismissed Outdoor 09/04/2002
April 2003
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort ascending Media Determination date
93-03 Unilever Australasia
Unilever - Streets - Magnum - 'Sixties Nine' - man rolling marijuana cigarette.
Dismissed 08/04/2003
94-03 Carter Holt Harvey Tissue Aust Pty Ltd
Carter Holt Harvey - Handee Ultra - dog caught in rain.
Dismissed 08/04/2003
95-03 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota - Prado - Driver Assist Technology - bouncing off rocks, surging through creeks.
Dismissed 08/04/2003
96-03 Saab Automobile Australia Pty Ltd
Saab - Limited Edition 9-3 Convertible - vehicle driven on wrong side of road/outside lane.
Dismissed 08/04/2003
98-03 Holden Ltd
Holden - Rodeo - truck broadsiding and skidding.
Dismissed 08/04/2003
99-03 Holden Ltd
Holden - Barina - four-wheel drifts and sudden turns.
Dismissed 08/04/2003
May 2004
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort ascending Media Determination date
93-04 Tricon Restaurants International
Tricon - KFC Meteors - video game - motorbike riders violating road rules
Dismissed 11/05/2004
95-04 Funtastic Limited
Funtastic - MGA Entertainment - Bratz dolls - "Don't theorise. Accessorise".
Dismissed 11/05/2004
96-04 Mattel Pty Ltd
Mattel - My Scene - Jammin' in Jamaica-scantily dressed dolls at pool party, fake bar and sipping drinks, attracting attention of male dolls
Dismissed 11/05/2004
98-04 Ford Motor Co of Aust Ltd
Ford - Fiesta - "shaking that ass"
Dismissed 11/05/2004
March 2007
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort ascending Media Determination date
93-07 Thoroughbred Racing South Australia (SA) Limited
Thoroughbred Racing SA - Adelaide Cup 2007 (Print) - woman holding whip
Dismissed Print 13/03/2007
April 2000
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort ascending Media Determination date
94-00 Coca-Cola South Pacific Pty Ltd
Coca-Cola - Sydney Express - hitchhikers being picked up by men in yellow van, which has lots of Coke - eventually have to drop some off bcs too many - "Should've bought a bigger esky"
Dismissed 11/04/2000
March 2006
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort ascending Media Determination date
94-06 Advanced Medical Institute
AMI - "do it like an animal" series featuring words such as "erect doodles" "Year of Dog" "make love like a rabbit or horny Tasmanian Devil" "ferrets can folk dance for an hour" "turn men into frisky ferrets"
Dismissed Radio 14/03/2006
May 2005
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort ascending Media Determination date
95-05 Jenny Craig Weight Loss Centres Pty Ltd
Jenny Craig - Use of the term "old housewives"
Dismissed 10/05/2005
97-05 Yamaha Motor Aust Pty Ltd
Yamaha Motors - Boat engine - shows pleasurecraft with people not wearing life jackets
Dismissed 10/05/2005
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
99-05 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota - Hilux 4WD - 'Get in or get out of the way' (TV) utility being driven in an underground carpark then suburbs and finally a rural setting. Vehicles fly out of the way and fence posts are uprooted.
Dismissed 10/05/2005
April 2007
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort ascending Media Determination date
95-07 Castrol Lubricants
Castrol - GTX - cricketer Adam Gilcrist's car overtaken by Barmy Army cricket fans - shown as overweight and pale skinned and sunburnt and described as "mollecular intelligence"
Dismissed 10/04/2007
98-07 Invocare
Invocare - White Lady Funerals - "A woman's understanding"
Dismissed Outdoor 10/04/2007
April 2009
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort ascending Media Determination date
95-09 Activision Pty Ltd
Activision - Call of Duty computer game. TV ad with images of figures killing each other.
Dismissed 08/04/2009
April 1999
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort ascending Media Determination date
97-99 Tyrepower
Tyrepower - photo of black woman
Dismissed Print 13/04/1999

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