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February 2004
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
20-04 Coca-Cola South Pacific Pty Ltd
Coca-Cola - teenagers surfing on photocopiers, BMX bike off pier and other sthrowing objects at each other
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued 17/02/2004
February 2007
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20-07 Advanced Medical Institute
AMI - Want longer lasting sex? 20/07
Dismissed Outdoor 13/02/2007
February 2008
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
20-08 Global One Mobile Entertainment
Global One - SMS RUDE to 1994 9999
Dismissed 13/02/2008
April 1998
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
20-98 Coca-Cola South Pacific Pty Ltd
Coca-Cola - Sprite - laundry
Dismissed 14/04/1998
21-98 None
IKEA - Austscan - Bedroom Storage TV commercial
Dismissed 14/04/1998
August 2001
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
200-01 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota - Camry Wagon - ' Rugby' - mother tackles player at school football match
Dismissed 14/08/2001
201-01 Seven Network Ltd (i7)
Seven Network - i7 - woman cleans toilet with man's toothbrush
Dismissed 14/08/2001
204-01 McDonald's Aust Ltd
McDonald's - Happy Meals - Action Man and Betty Spaghetti
Dismissed 14/08/2001
September 2002
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
200-02 Australian Laser Clinic Pty Ltd The
Australian Laser Clinic - several 'before and after' photos including female pubic hair.
Dismissed 10/09/2002
205-02 Nestle Australia Ltd
Nestle - Wonka Oompas Sour Bombs - 'Turn your face into a cat's bum'.
Dismissed Print 10/09/2002
July 2003
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
200-03 Mitsubishi Motors Aust Ltd
Mitsubishi - Dealer runout - allusions to suicide.
Dismissed 08/07/2003
201-03 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota - Camry Sportivo - car dropped from helicopter; drives down mountain.
Dismissed 08/07/2003
202-03 KIA Automotive Australia
KIA - Sorento - Andre Agassi - vehicle driving through creek.
Dismissed 08/07/2003
207-03 McDonald's Aust Ltd
McDonald's - Happy Meals - Piglet movie toys.
Dismissed 08/07/2003
August 2004
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
200-04 SCA Hygiene Australasia
SCA Hygiene - Tena - budgie poops in tea cup - pad used to soak up tea
Dismissed 10/08/2004
201-04 Mitsubishi Motors Aust Ltd
Mitsubishi - Magna - 3 cars on dirt track-describes how each car would perform under "unpredictable conditions"
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued 10/08/2004
206-04 Enjo Pty Ltd
Enjo - woman in bathroom - ghost takes off head and tells her about cleaning products
Dismissed 10/08/2004
July 2007
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
200-07 The Blind Factory
The Blind Factory - set in psychiatrist's office where electric shock therapy is taking place
Dismissed 10/07/2007
201-07 Titan Enterprises (Qld) Pty Ltd
Titan Enterprises - father & son drinking beers in shed
Dismissed 10/07/2007
205-07 Nissan Motor Co (Aust) Pty Ltd
Nissan - 350Z "Speed Hump" - now with a 230kw power bulge
Dismissed Outdoor 10/07/2007
June 2008
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
200-08 The CAPS Clinic
CAPS Clinic - compares nurses to dermal clinicians
Dismissed Radio 11/06/2008
203-08 Hog's Breath Cafe (Australia) Pty Ltd
Hog's Breath Cafe - rows of cheerleaders in red and yellow costumes promoting restaurant
Dismissed 11/06/2008
May 2009
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
200-09 Chris & Marie's Plant Farms
Chris & Marie's Plant Farms TV ad with lady talking about the sale and the male running around naked.
Dismissed 14/05/2009
July 1999
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
200-99 Conference of Australian Milk Authorities
Conference of Australian Milk Authorities "Woman leaving house"
Dismissed 13/07/1999
204-99 Kraft Foods Ltd
Kraft Foods - Cheese Spread - "4 girls playing at a table"
Dismissed 13/07/1999
205-99 Nestle Australia Ltd
Nestle - Allen's Killer Pythons
Dismissed Print 13/07/1999
August 2002
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
201-02 Nando's Australia Pty Ltd
Nando's - 'News broadcast' - asylum seekers unsewing lips for special chicken offier; asylum seekers escaping to get to Nando's for special offer. 2 ads
Dismissed Radio 12/08/2002
July 2000
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
202-00 Coca-Cola South Pacific Pty Ltd
Coca-Cola - Diet Coke - woman teases gardener
Dismissed 11/07/2000
204-00 Volvo Car Aust Pty Ltd
Volvo - V70 - toddler (Print)
Dismissed Print 11/07/2000
209-00 Rentlo
Rentlo - washing dishes with underwear
Dismissed 11/07/2000
210-00 Hard Rock Café Sydney
Hard Rock Café
Dismissed Radio 11/07/2000
August 2005
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
202-05 Nissan Motor Co (Aust) Pty Ltd
Nissan - Pathfinder - "what is a modern family?" - man is shown being forced out of car
Dismissed 09/08/2005
204-05 Holden Ltd
Holden - Adventra - Big Red kangaroo hops along dirt track while 4WD crashes through bushland
Dismissed 09/08/2005
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
206-05 H J Heinz Co Australia Ltd
H J Heinz - Baked Beans - young son asks father if he can have male friend for sleepover and father tells son how many ways baked beans can be eaten, son replies "Don't worry, I'm not gay"
Dismissed 09/08/2005
208-05 Nestle Ice Cream
Nestle - Peters Entice - child sprouting sexual words "free love", "30,000 naked people rolling around in mud at a Hendrix concert", "Maybe a bit of free love will dislodge what's up Dad's chakra"
Dismissed 09/08/2005
209-05 Holden Ltd
Holden - Storm Ute - car driving on coastal road - speed creates shock/sound wave to form a wave in the ocean
Dismissed 09/08/2005
June 2006
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
202-06 Dodo Australia Pty Ltd
Dodo Mobile Phones - Charlie's Angels - three women posing in scanty costumes
Dismissed 13/06/2006
203-06 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota - Landcruiser - Food Chain - fly eaten by spider, spider eaten by gecko, gecko eaten by snake, snake eaten by dingo, crocodile appears but stops when 4WD emerges from waves and driver steps out wearing crocodile boots
Dismissed 13/06/2006
206-06 Tint Professor
Tint Professor - guy on phone talking to lady in sexy lingerie, in style of late night phone sex ads
Dismissed 13/06/2006
207-06 Ford Motor Co of Aust Ltd
Ford - Falcon Utility - female caller to "Horny Hunks" talking to Davo sitting in his Ute. Asking his name, what he's wearing and doing, she becomes sexually stimulated.
Dismissed Radio 13/06/2006
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
July 2008
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
204-08 Kogan Technologies
Kogan Technologies - naked ladies promoting TV sale
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Internet 09/07/2008
206-08 Fisher & Paykel
Fisher & Paykel - male watches dishevelled female emptying machine
Dismissed 09/07/2008
June 2008
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205-08 Motorola Australia
Motorola - Razr mobile phone - phone portrayed as cut-throat razor being used by a man and woman at a train station slashing each others' clothing
Dismissed 18/06/2008
September 2001
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206-01 www.oztones.com
www.oztones.com - head and shoulder shot of woman holding mobile phone
Dismissed Print 11/09/2001
November 1998
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
206-98 Pampas
Pampas - "Little boy leaving home"
Dismissed 10/11/1998
207-98 Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries
Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (Sydney Motor Show) - man on aeroplane
Dismissed 10/11/1998
July 2006
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
207-07 Strike Bowling Bar
Strike Bowling Bar - "Smashing Pins! Score every night at Strike"
Dismissed Transport 10/07/2006
February 2005
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21-05 Summit Holden
Summit Holden - white man with face painted balck and wearing afro wig
Dismissed 08/02/2005

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