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September 2019
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0303-19 Radio Metro 105.7
This Facebook advertisement features the trailer for the film "Good Boys".
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Media Internet - Social - Facebook 25/09/2019
November 2019
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0360-19 News Corp
This television advertisement presents a series of news scenes: imagery, headlines and graphics from The Australian newspaper’s coverage. The subject of complaint is an image with a cartoon hand "giving the finger".
Dismissed Media TV - Free to Air 13/11/2019
March 2020
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0104-20 Prime Video
This television advertisment contains scenes of the TV program 'The Hunters'.
Dismissed Media TV - Free to Air 25/03/2020
April 2021
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0070-21 Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd
This Facebook advertisement features an image of a woman lying on her stomach wearing a g-string while a man can be seen biting her exposed buttock.
Dismissed Media Internet - Social - Facebook 14/04/2021
August 2021
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0223-21 Southern Cross Austereo
This television advertisement is promoting the “Moonman in the Morning” breakfast show on Sydney radio station Triple M 104.9 FM.
Dismissed Media TV - Free to Air 11/08/2021
January 2019
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0013-19 SsanngYong
Ad shows a vehicle driving at speed into what is portrayed as sea water on a beach.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 23/01/2019
0014-19 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota Kluger ad featuring a woman applying lipstick at traffic lights. This advertisement also features a man looking at the woman when the rear window winds down and her son stares at the man. 
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 23/01/2019
February 2014
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0019-14 Gold Coast Tata
Man or two caucasian men sitting in a white car/ute with two caucasian women dressed in indian saris standing by the car.
Dismissed Vehicle 12/02/2014
0035-14 Porsche Cars Australia Pty Ltd
Front page of above publication. Bottom section of that page. Porsche pictured in ad.
Dismissed Vehicle Print 12/02/2014
February 2011
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0025-11 Mitsubishi Motors Aust Ltd
A man and a woman are unloading their bikes from their Mitsubishi Outlander inthe countryside and are joined by a male friend riding his bike. The car owner explains the features of his new car to the friend who has joined them, using first technical speak and then simpler language. The final shot is of the man and woman leaning against the car with the man saying, "Love that car."
Dismissed Vehicle 09/02/2011
0030-11 Volvo Car Aust Pty Ltd
A voice over talks about the new Volvo S60 and states, "Thanks to industry guidlelines, we're unable to show you the all-new Volvo S60 being naught." We then see various shots of parts of the car whilst the voice over describes the features of the car.
Dismissed Vehicle 09/02/2011
February 2012
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0030-12 Chrysler Australia Pty Ltd
A dog is jealous of its owners' new partner so when she goes for a run the dog dresses in her lingerie then climbs in to bed with the boyfriend. When the woman returns she sees her boyfriend in bed with her lingerie-clad dog and in the next scene the man is nowhere to be seen as the woman and dog take a drive through some woods.
Dismissed Vehicle 08/02/2012
February 2015
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0037-15 Subaru (Aust) Pty Ltd
All New Subaru Outback Value uses the term Corroborree.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Vehicle TV - Free to Air 25/02/2015
February 2017
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0037-17 Ford Motor Co of Aust Ltd
A mother driving her young son through giant lawn sprinklers with the car windows down and the child was getting wet, to his delight.
Dismissed Vehicle Cinema 08/02/2017
0047-17 Ford Motor Co of Aust Ltd
Woman driving on wet road with children in car .
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 08/02/2017
0056-17 Mercedes-Benz Aust/Pacific P/L
The advertisement was promoting a Mercedes Benz sale
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 08/02/2017
February 2019
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0040-19 Suzuki Australia Pty Limited
Advertisement for Suzuki Vitara.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 20/02/2019
February 2012
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0041-12 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
We see a cliff dive in reverse, as well as scenes of a Toyota Camry Atara driving along the cliff tops. At the end of the advertisement you see it is the cliff diver who was driving the car on his way to dive off the cliff and the male voiceover says, "New Camry Atara. Inspires confidence".
Dismissed Vehicle 22/02/2012
March 2016
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0049-16 Chrysler Australia Pty Ltd
A man standing in a room getting ready to have a sexual interlude pops a blue pill out of a bottle, which he looses out the window and despairs over it, the pill rolls on and falls into a parked car which then grows much larger and a passerby makes some remarks.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 09/03/2016
0079-16 Chrysler Australia Pty Ltd
The ad displays a older gentlemen with a women in a seductive position. He tries to take a blue pill (clearly viagra) which misses and goes down a drown. It eventually goes into the hole where petrol in the advertised FIAT car where the car becomes bulky and becomes bigger (clearly due to viagra affects)
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Pay 09/03/2016
0090-16 Chrysler Australia Pty Ltd
2 boys attempting to erect a tent, they think they've done it but it then collapses. The ad then shows a perfectly erected and organised tent next door. One boy says to the other, "wish my parents bought a jeep". The other boy replies, "me too", as a boy drops a pile of firewood at the gent next door.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 09/03/2016
February 2013
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0053-13 Chrysler Australia Pty Ltd
The ad shows a 'geeky' guy fixated on a very attractive woman, who is bending over in a dress. You see her from the side, but the ad indicates that the man would be able to see her underwear. He watches her, she comes over, speaking Italian and berates him for peering at her. She then whispers in his ear, kisses him, dips her finger in his coffee, drops some on her cleavage and has him lick the remaining froth from her finger. The ad then shows that he was imagining the woman and is shown looking at the Fiat Abarth car.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Vehicle 27/02/2013
February 2018
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0054-18 KIA Automotive Australia
Kia Stinger being driving very quickly on a circuit deviating along a white curved line. It suggests the car holds to Road when driving quickly.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 21/02/2018
0060-18 Chrysler Australia Pty Ltd
Various shots of a Jeep and summer activities such as surfing and canoeing.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Vehicle TV - Pay 21/02/2018
0074-18 Holden Ltd
This appears to be a facebook campaign by Holden, whether through ignorance or deliberately shifting blame onto other road users. You need to use a touch sensitive screen (it works on an iphone) and shows a cyclist about to hit a suddenly opened door, with text suggesting it's a 'mistake'. In fact, it's a very serious offence and has killed three cyclists in Melbourne alone in recent years. In two cases, the negligent driver opened the door and the cyclist was knocked under a passing truck. It is one of the most common causes of injury to urban riders.
Dismissed Vehicle Internet - Social - Facebook 21/02/2018
0088-18 Illawarra Toyota
The current Illawarra Toyota TV ad includes acts of illegal (woman hanging out of top of car); dangerous (speeding across flooded causeway) and reckless (talking and not concentrating in traffic) driving.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Vehicle TV - Free to Air 21/02/2018
March 2011
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0056-11 Suzuki Australia Pty Limited
A man uses Parkour free running to navigate through the city to meet his girlfriend at the local coffee shop. She is driving her Swift through the city streets below and they are having a race to see who arrives at the agreed destination first.
Dismissed Vehicle 09/03/2011
March 2015
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0056-15 Ford Motor Co of Aust Ltd
Ford tv commercial advertising the plate run out sale
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 11/03/2015
February 2014
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0057-14 Chrysler Australia Pty Ltd
The father appears to be reversing his new jeep into driveway and the little boy, who only looks about 3 years of age is sitting on a box or something with no other adult watching, on the edge of driveway.
Dismissed Vehicle 26/02/2014
March 2012
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0061-12 Mitsubishi Motors Aust Ltd
Television commercial introduces three Mitsubishi 'Platinum Edition' vehicles. It then goes on the show individual features such as leather seats, reversing camera and Bluetooth as specific features of the Platinum range. In one scene we see a woman parking her Lancer outside an inner city café. She is admiring a good-looking guy who us walking down the pavement towards her. As he passes the Lancer, we see her subtly engage reverse gear activating the rear vision mirror so she can continue to admire his other side as she reverses.
Dismissed Vehicle 14/03/2012
0062-12 Mitsubishi Motors Aust Ltd
Radio ad for Mitsubishi Motors where we hear voices of two upper-class British colonists. They speak about the inconvenience of an alien invasion while they are enjoying afternoon tea with one of them saying, "Bollocks..." Voice changes to talk about the convenience pack now available on a Mitsubishi Lancer ES at your local Mitsubishi dealer.
Dismissed Vehicle Radio 14/03/2012
0084-12 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Open on a guy on top of a mountain, loading old fence posts into his bright shiny HiLux. He forgets to put the hand brake on and it starts to roll down a hill. He runs after it, but it’s no good. From his vantage point he witnesses something that’s difficult to experience.
Dismissed Vehicle 14/03/2012
February 2017
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0061-17 KIA Automotive Australia
The ad shows a variety of Kia vehicles that are on special.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 22/02/2017
March 2013
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0063-13 Ford Motor Co of Aust Ltd
Young woman describing her going out shoes - her father advising her to wear sensible driving shoes, and her compromise to still wear her 'wedge' on the clutch foot. Ad emphasises bonus storage beneath passenger seat, ideal for shoes.
Dismissed Vehicle 13/03/2013
February 2018
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0066-18 Sunraysia Marine
Radio commercial
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Vehicle Radio 07/02/2018
March 2019
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0070-19 Subaru (Aust) Pty Ltd
The father and son are driving on a country road and stop for a train. The father is annoyed about having to wait but turns to the child and sees delight. The next scene they are standing in front of the car past the stop crossed signs watching the train pass
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 06/03/2019
March 2011
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0076-11 Holden Ltd
At the very beginning of the advertisement we see a man participating in Base Jumping - he jumps off the side of a tall building wearing a parachute and helmet and is being filmed and supported by others. The voice over talks about the new Commodore Series two and we see footage of various Holden Commodores being driven in different locations.
Dismissed Vehicle 23/03/2011
March 2015
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0089-15 Nissan Motor Co (Aust) Pty Ltd
It was about a car driving through a container yard.. with containers being lifted and the car driving under them. There are no safety features in place.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 25/03/2015
0095-15 Ford Motor Co of Aust Ltd
The latest Ford Kuga motor car advert currently showing on free to air television. A driver completed an overtaking pass on the crest of a hill which is dangerous because of poor visibility.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 25/03/2015
0098-15 Holden Ltd
A man driving a Holden Colorado comes up to a slow moving vehicle towing a caravan. He complains about "Bloody caravaners" and then overtakes the vehicle.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 25/03/2015
0109-15 Holden Ltd
The advert shows car towing caravan across country and getting held up by another vehicle towing a caravan. The young boy in the vehicle mimcks the driver and says "bloody caravaners."
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Pay 25/03/2015
March 2013
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0091-13 Chrysler Australia Pty Ltd
Fiat vehicle driving with fog lights on and there is no indication off raining or fog.
Dismissed Vehicle 27/03/2013
March 2012
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0093-12 Suzuki Australia Pty Limited
The TVC shows a Swift Sport at a car park boom gate, with a couple inside. The car then enters the car park, driving up the ramp. The car is shown driving round the multi-storey car park and setting off sprinklers. The female passenger appears to be hot and is shown fanning herself with her hand. The car then parks and the couple get out, with sprinklers going off behind them.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Vehicle 28/03/2012
March 2018
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0098-18 Jaguar Land Rover Australia Pty Ltd
Jaguar cars
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 07/03/2018
April 2019
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0102-19 Holden Ltd
People are seen fleeing a party with men in black chasing them. A red Holden Equinox is seen driving through the streets trying to escape riders on motor bikes. It's then seen driving through a container terminal. At one point, it is seen being reversed, then making what is described as a 180 (ie) where the vehicle makes a sudden 180 degree turn and faces the opposite direction.  
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Vehicle TV - Free to Air 17/04/2019
0108-19 Fiat Chrysler Australia Pty Ltd
A red Alfa Romeo is seen on a country road being driven at  speed around sharp bends. Below is the caption: Overseas model shown. Professional drivers on closed course. Do not attempt. The sound is to emulate a vehicle accelerating rapidly and being driven at high speed.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Vehicle TV - Free to Air 17/04/2019
March 2016
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0103-16 Hyundai Motor Company Australia Pty Ltd
An advertisement for the Hyundai Santa Fe motor vehicle
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 23/03/2016
May 2019
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0114-19 Mitsubishi Motors Aust Ltd
This ad features a 4WD being driven all over the place dodging objects. 
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 08/05/2019
May 2013
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0124-13 Ssangyong Motors Australia
Actor riding on the back of a tray/FWD whist talking.
Dismissed Vehicle 01/05/2013
April 2015
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0125-15 Isuzu
The advertisement is for their latest Isuzu 4wd trucks. How they can go different places.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 15/04/2015

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