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October 2020
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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
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
0303-20 Alice Mechanical Solutions
This radio advertisement is features a man unsuccessfully trying to start his car.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Automotive Radio 07/10/2020
October 2020
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0308-20 Auto Masters
This radio advertisement had three versions featuring a little girl on skates.
Dismissed Automotive Radio 21/10/2020
January 2021
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0005-21 Medex Australia Pty Ltd
This television advertisement features a man speaking about the product.
Dismissed Automotive TV - Free to Air 20/01/2021
February 2021
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0018-21 Hoglights
This transport advertisement features wording on a vehicle which includes the words "Can you see me now arsehole!" on the back and side, as well as an illustration of a pig on a motorbike and the business name.
Dismissed Automotive Transport 10/02/2021
March 2021
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0056-21 South East Auto Sales
Facebook page for Southeast Auto Sales featuring an image of young woman (sales rep) and an older man and woman (customers). Text states "Great way to wrap up a big week. Beautiful #Landcruiser Prado off to its new home. All your finance needs arranged onsite. DM Enquiries". User comments on the image included sexual references.
Upheld - Not Modified or Discontinued Automotive Internet - Social - Facebook 10/03/2021
May 2021
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0108-21 Super Cheap Auto Pty Ltd
This television advertisement features staff discussing a sale. One suggests that the store should sell dog costumes and robotic arms.
Dismissed Automotive TV - Free to Air 12/05/2021
June 2021
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0166-21 Sydney Forklift Trucks Pty Ltd
This transport advertisement features the brand name and a painting of a naked female on the back of a truck cab. The woman is reclining with her genitals covered by her legs, and her breasts visible. There are black and white images of forklifts in the background of the image. The truck is registered in NSW with the registration number SFT 073.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Automotive Transport 23/06/2021
0180-21 Squarespace, Inc
This television advertisement features a woman called 'Sarah' and shows her being called different nicknames throughout her life.
Dismissed Information Technology TV - Free to Air 23/06/2021
July 2021
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0210-21 Bush Chook
The subject line of this email advertisement reads, "There's nothing better than a good looking set of flaps ;-)"
Dismissed Automotive Email 28/07/2021
August 2021
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0238-21 Newsomes Tyre & Mechanical
This radio advertisement features a voiceover with an accented voice and a corporate voice.
Dismissed Automotive Radio 25/08/2021
0241-21 Supernova Lighting
This YouTube video by Aussie Arvos speaks about the benefits of Supernova Lights.
Dismissed Automotive Internet - Social - Other 25/08/2021
November 2021
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0302-21 Repco Ltd
This television advertisement depicts a man doing a burnout in a vehicle.
Dismissed Automotive TV - Free to Air 10/11/2021
November 2021
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0319-21 Repco Ltd
This television advertisement features a man talking to the camera as a car does donuts around him.
Dismissed Automotive TV - Free to Air 24/11/2021
January 2022
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0002-22 Supercheap Auto
This television advertisement features four different vehicles with motor oil branding racing to get an empty space in a shopping centre carpark. The vehicles jump over objects and drift around corners narrowly missing cars. They are beaten to the carpark by a small non-branded vehicle.
Dismissed Automotive TV - Free to Air 19/01/2022
0003-22 Supercheap Auto
This Instagram advertisement features a three minute and 58 second video showing four different vehicles with motor oil branding racing to get an empty space in a shopping centre carpark. The vehicles jump over objects and drift around corners narrowly missing cars. They are pursued by two security guards with a modified vehicle. The security guards fire rockets at the other vehicles, which miss. All four vehicles are beaten to the carpark by a small non-branded vehicle.
Dismissed Automotive Internet - Social - Instagram 19/01/2022
0004-22 Supercheap Auto
This Pay-TV advertisement features four different vehicles with motor oil branding racing to get an empty space in a shopping centre carpark. The vehicles jump over objects and drift around corners narrowly missing cars. They are beaten to the carpark by a small non-branded vehicle.
Dismissed Automotive TV - Pay 19/01/2022
February 2022
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0022-22 Pedal This Performance and Conversion
This advertisement depicts a woman sitting on the lap of a man in a wheelchair. The image is shown with the people as silhouettes.
Dismissed Automotive Outdoor 02/02/2022
February 2022
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0027-22 General Motors Specialty Vehicles
This advertisement features a red ute travelling across green landscapes and through a creek.
Dismissed Automotive TV - On Demand 23/02/2022
April 2022
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0072-22 Repco Ltd
This television advertisement features a tyre spinning in the sand. A voice-over says, "oh yeah, a nice bit of sand between the tyre tread".
Dismissed Automotive TV - Free to Air 13/04/2022
February 2012
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0017-12 Hewlett-Packard Australia Pty Ltd
A man wakes to noises in his house and goes down stairs to investigate. He finds two of his friends watch a scary movie. They are all frightened by the life-like quality of a zombie-like character that appears on the screen during the movie.
Dismissed Information Technology 08/02/2012
0019-12 Hewlett-Packard Australia Pty Ltd
A man wakes to noises in his house and goes down stairs to investigate. He finds two of his friends watch a scary movie. They are all frightened by the life-like quality of a zombie-like character that appears on the screen during the movie.
Dismissed Information Technology TV - Pay 08/02/2012
0029-12 Hewlett-Packard Australia Pty Ltd
A man wakes to noises in his house and goes down stairs to investigate. He finds two of his friends watch a scary movie. They are all frightened by the life-like quality of a zombie-like character that appears on the screen during the movie.
Dismissed Information Technology Cinema 08/02/2012
March 2016
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0068-16 Aussie Broadband
A man with a dressed chicken taped to his back runs off and another person lets a Rottwheeler dag loose to chase him.
Dismissed Information Technology TV - Free to Air 09/03/2016
March 2019
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0075-19 GoDaddy.com
Ray Meagher promoting how he built a website to sell fragrance. At 17 seconds he says "even an old bloke like me did it". 
Dismissed Information Technology TV - Free to Air 20/03/2019
April 2011
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0132-11 Sites n Stores
A male voice over asks if your web designer works from his bedroom, if is he your cousin or if he lives in Delhi. The voice over then goes on to promote Sites N Stores and the prices they charge to create a website.
Dismissed Information Technology Radio 27/04/2011
May 2013
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0143-13 Centrecom
A girl needs help buying a computer and then there are several different accented men talking in whats meant to be IT jargon at her till a lovely "aussie" from centrecom helps her.
Dismissed Information Technology Radio 01/05/2013
April 2018
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0156-18 IBM
A black man is depicted with the words: "Be known for your breakthroughs, not your break-ins"
Dismissed Information Technology Internet 11/04/2018
April 2018
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0189-18 Squarespace Inc
It is in the category of internet. A man riding a motor bike in a reckless, illegal way on a public road!
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Information Technology TV - Free to Air 24/04/2018
May 2015
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0200-15 Wix Web Builder
Every time I see this ad on Foxtel it offends me and disturbs me that a violent message is being given to young people. You see a teenage band recording in a studio and at the end the young guitarist smashes his guitar and then picks up the microphone stand and smashes the glass window of the recording studio. This is NOT funny and very aggressive.
Dismissed Information Technology TV - Pay 27/05/2015
July 2013
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0221-13 The SEO Company Australia
The male voice over starts out by saying;"You can't get it up can you?""You poor bugger, you just can't get it up"Continues along this line and adds that they can help you get it up and get some Google loving.
Dismissed Information Technology Radio 10/07/2013
June 2010
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0247-10 Gizmo Computer Repairs
The advertisement is for Gizmo home computer help. It starts with an anxious caller who has a computer emergency, calling an emergency line and asking for Gizmo. Gizmo assists the caller with the computer emergency and the caller expresses relief and thanks.
Dismissed Information Technology Radio 22/06/2010
July 2015
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0272-15 Crazy Domains
Set in a massage room, with the masseuse being a male dressed as a female (in no way is that the reason for my complaint)
Dismissed Information Technology TV - Free to Air 08/07/2015
July 2017
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0281-17 Harvey Norman
trying to show a reason to buy this product, we are shown bearded actors who supposedly have a bread? distribution business who rely on this product to expand their business and make it grow.
Dismissed Information Technology TV - Free to Air 12/07/2017
August 2014
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0282-14 Internode
Man sitting in front of tv eating popcorn who lifts shirt up to his chin exposing his abdomen and chest who then rubs his front and tips popcorn over himself.
Dismissed Information Technology TV - Free to Air 13/08/2014
August 2016
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0313-16 Telstra Corporation Ltd
People traveling in and ON the roof of a yellow bus.
Dismissed Information Technology TV - Free to Air 10/08/2016
August 2010
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0321-10 Crazy Domains
The advertisement depicts two women (one being Pamela Anderson) dressed in bikinis. The imagery is heavily pixilated so the two women are not identifiable and their actions cannot be made out. Underneath the pixiliated imagery are a series of subtitles (the script of these subtitles is set out below).
Dismissed Information Technology 11/08/2010
August 2010
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0353-10 Adam Internet
The ad in question is one of four in a series that addresses the key problems often experienced by internet users. The ‘Internet’ is personified with a man wearing a top labelling him ‘Internet’. He is sitting with a lady on the couch and initially looks pleased to assist her with her internet activity which she asks him to perform. At which time the ‘Internet’ man in the t-shirt responds in an unstable manner and appears overwhelmed with the tasks being requested. It then cuts to voice over and image asking the viewer ‘Is your internet unstable?” ... just ask Adam.
Dismissed Information Technology 25/08/2010
September 2015
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0363-15 Apple
Ad for Apple Watch - Ad is called closer - and is also available onlinehttp://images.apple.com/media/au/watch/2015/a718f271_b19c_47d8_928d_d108fc5d702a/tv-spots/closer/watch-closer-au-20150716_848x480.mp4
Dismissed Information Technology TV - Free to Air 23/09/2015
September 2017
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0405-17 Navman Australia Pty Ltd
The wife criticising the husbands driving she is offensive and abusive.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Information Technology Radio 27/09/2017
December 2014
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0505-14 Computer Troubleshooters
The advertising was promoting themselves as skilled I.t professionals. During the advertisement the F word is beeped out as someone gets frustrated with their computer not working properly.
Dismissed Information Technology Radio 10/12/2014
0510-14 East Shores IT
It was advertising how to get your computer fixed but the voiceover used the word Mongrel.
Dismissed Information Technology Radio 10/12/2014
March 2020
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0084-20 Geeks2U Pty Limited
This radio advertisement features a voice over speaking to Eugene from Geeks 2 U.
Dismissed Information Technology Radio 25/03/2020
April 2020
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0121-20 Apple
This Twitter advertisement begins with a hand of a person using an Apple Pencil to edit out a man from a photo on an iPad Pro of a man and a woman leaping into water. The advertisement zooms out to see the person holding the iPad Pro patting a dog and the caption “Perfecting your memories” superimposes over the scene. The words “Easy as iPad” appear on screen, the words “Easy as” are erased in the same way as the photo was edited by the Apple Pencil and ?nally “iPad” is replaced with the Apple logo.
Dismissed Information Technology Internet - Social - Twitter 08/04/2020
May 2020
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0156-20 VentraIP Australia
This advertisement is a blog post on the advertiser's website and features the text "Fuck COVID-19".
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Information Technology Internet 13/05/2020
July 2020
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0214-20 Telstra
This television advertisement depicts a large floating geometric block, used to represent carbon.
Dismissed Information Technology TV - Free to Air 22/07/2020
April 2021
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0089-21 Aussie Broadband
There are multiple versions of this television advertisement showing people in their gardens using a hose. The words 'freaking' and 'bloody' are used.
Dismissed Information Technology TV - Free to Air 14/04/2021
May 2021
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0126-21 Crazy Domains
This television advertisement features a woman having a meeting with two people at a cafe table on the footpath. As they talk, a rubbish truck parks itself right in front of them on the narrow street, and starts to load up bin bags. The noise of the truck is loud and the meeting pauses as the group wait for the noise to stop. They sit patiently, waiting for the truck to move on. The camera zooms in on the woman, and she is suddenly splattered with brown liquid. A voice off camera calls out "sorry".
Dismissed Information Technology TV - Free to Air 26/05/2021
0122-21 Crazy Domains
This television advertisement depicts a man can peeing on the outside of a building. The words, "The real world sucks for business. You're better off online" appear on the screen.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Information Technology TV - Free to Air 26/05/2021

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