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April 2001
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
79-01 Buena Vista International (Australia)
Buena Vista International - 'Dracula 2000'
Dismissed Entertainment 10/04/2001
80-01 Universal Music Aust Ltd
Universal Music - Eminem
Dismissed Entertainment 10/04/2001
81-01 Samsung Electronics Aust Pty Ltd
Samsung - Joystick Phone - 3 ads
Dismissed Telecommunications Outdoor 10/04/2001
82-01 Nestle Chilled Dairy
Nestle - Chilled Dairy - Yogurt - Hindu teaching yoga
Dismissed 10/04/2001
April 2002
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79-02 Pepsico Australia Holdings Pty Ltd
Pepsi-Cola - professional wrestlers - one headbutted, and in vision sees himself choosing Pepsi over Coke. He wakes up to find he's kissing opponent, so headbutts him
Dismissed 09/04/2002
80-02 Plant Liquidators
Plant Liquidators - "happy about our products….some of us are downright gay" - man skips away
Dismissed Retail 09/04/2002
81-02 Sara Lee Apparel Group
Sara Lee Apparel - Wonderbra - pouting woman wearing push up bra 'My mother always said I was a handful'.
Dismissed Clothing Outdoor 09/04/2002
April 2003
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79-03 Unilever Australasia
Unilever - Streets - Magnum - 'Sixties Nine' - mannequins simulating sex.
Dismissed 08/04/2003
81-03 Nestle Australia Ltd
Nestle - Kit Kat - Chunky - Caramel - man's mouth gets stuck to magazine page.
Dismissed 08/04/2003
May 2004
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79-04 Vmoto Motorcycles Australia
Vmoto Motorcycles - young woman on motorcycle in red dress "wouldn't you rather be riding a vmoto?"
Dismissed Transport 11/05/2004
80-04 Diana Ferrari
Diana Ferrari - shoes - male and female in car "making out" - woman sees another female wearing shoes and crushes man's face against window
Dismissed Clothing 11/05/2004
81-04 Diana Ferrari
Diana Ferrari - shoes - man swinging child lets her go as he sees female wearing shoes
Dismissed Clothing 11/05/2004
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
80-05 Freedom Furniture Ltd
Freedom Furniture - room decorated Asian style has furniture dancing - Buddha ornament rocks side to side
Dismissed 12/04/2005
81-05 Lever Rexona
Lever Rexona - Impulse - female bus driver drives dangerously to football stadium, ignoring people and cars in her way (a la movie "Speed"
Dismissed Toiletries 12/04/2005
March 2006
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
79-06 Unilever Australasia
Unilever - Lipton - Iced Green Tea - day spa - woman about to apply mud pack to another's body at a health spa gives her green tea which she claims is better than the mud they use which is from their own garden - we see a gardener mixing up mud
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 14/03/2006
80-06 Dept of Health and Ageing
Dept of Health & Ageing - Quit - young man smoking and thinking he looks cool to a girl passing - then he sees a graphic inage on the cigarette pack showing a diseased mouth, gums & teeth caused by smoking
Dismissed Community Awareness 14/03/2006
81-06 Johnson & Johnson Pacific Pty Ltd
Johnson & Johnson - KY Warming Liquid - woman wishes for faster connection such as her male partner gets with his computer
Dismissed Toiletries 14/03/2006
March 2007
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79-07 Tricon Restaurants International
Tricon - KFC - mother serves chicken and family mesmerised - father hoses down concrete driveway
Dismissed 13/03/2007
82-07 Domino's Pizza Australia Pty Ltd
Domino's - mobile phone screen shows young man describing specials to a young woman - she replies "and after...?" followed by description of desserts available
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 13/03/2007
March 2008
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
79-08 Reckitt Benckiser (Aust) Pty Ltd
Reckitt Benckiser - Napisan Oxy Action- mother notices stain on schoolboy's shirt - uses Napisan
Dismissed 12/03/2008
80-08 Castrol Lubricants
Castrol - Magnatec - oil bottle falls out of Adam Gilchrist's ute and bounces over fences of several backyards leering at two young women in bikinis
Dismissed 12/03/2008
81-08 HBF
HBF - Potty - small boy being toilet trained - accidentaly wees on floor while waiting in a public queue "Not ready for kids?"
Dismissed Insurance 12/03/2008
82-08 Virgin Money (Aust) Pty Ltd
Virgin Money - TV - Everlasting Love -elderly man hoses wife in garden and they become passionate, stripping off clothes and embracing behind a bush
Dismissed Finance/Investment 12/03/2008
March 2009
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79-09 Hungry Jacks
Hungry Jacks - TV- Depicts an Anger Management Class.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 11/03/2009
81-09 Advanced Medical Institute
AMI - 81/09 Billboard - includes wording "women faking it"
Dismissed Health Products Outdoor 11/03/2009
82-09 Eagle Boys Pizza
Eagle Boys - TV opening line has male voice saying "it sucks"
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 11/03/2009
July 1998
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
79-98 Horizon Petroleum Pty Ltd
Horizon Petroleum - "Speed"
Dismissed 14/07/1998
80-98 National Mutual Financial Services
National Mutual Financial Services - "Older man sweeping"
Dismissed Finance/Investment 14/07/1998
81-98 Cross Promotions
Cross Promotions - In a Blaze of Glory
Dismissed Entertainment 14/07/1998
82-98 Rivers (Aust) Pty Ltd
Rivers - "Man sitting on toilet"
Dismissed Clothing 14/07/1998
April 1999
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
79-99 Queensland Rugby Union Ltd
Queensland Rugby Union - "No Weapons, just balls"
Dismissed Outdoor 13/04/1999
80-99 No 1 Shoe Value
No 1 Shoe Value (Rebels Shoes)
Dismissed Clothing Outdoor 13/04/1999
81-99 United Distillers & Vintners (Aust.) Ltd
United Distillers - "Dentist check up"
Dismissed Alcohol Radio 13/04/1999
82-99 Novartis Animal Health A/asia Pty Ltd
Novartis Animal Health - "Max & Ted"
Dismissed Other 13/04/1999
February 2001
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8-01 Hagemeyer Lifesyle Brands (Aust) Pty Ltd
Hagemeyer Lifestyle - Polaroid - female streaker
Dismissed Health Products 13/02/2001
February 2002
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8-02 Maxxium Australia Pty Ltd
Maxxium - Jim Beam - 4 ads - (1) man changing TV channel for Ally McBeal;(2) man vacuums floor in front of woman on lounge; (3) man orders salad while friends order steaks; (4) man speaks to camera about his new lifestyle then jumps into pool
Dismissed Alcohol 12/02/2002
February 2005
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8-05 Diageo Australia Ltd
Diageo - Bundaberg Rum - four males out to dinner with girls for Valentine's Day, watching sport on hotel TV located behind girl's backs, and pretending to listen to girls
Dismissed Alcohol 08/02/2005
February 2006
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8-06 Dodo Australia Pty Ltd
Dodo Internet - naked players & spectators watching cricket - streaker runs across field wearing shorts & Dodo T-shirt
Dismissed Telecommunications 14/02/2006
February 2007
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8-07 Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Commonwealth Bank - pregnant woman in train hits man over head with inflatable hammer bcs he won't give up his seat
Dismissed Finance/Investment 13/02/2007
January 2008
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8-08 Chris & Marie's Plant Farms
Chris & Marie's Plant Farms - Chris sitting naked in nursery saying he's not gay but would like to be gay
Dismissed 16/01/2008
January 2009
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8-09 Autobarn
Autobarn - man applies car engine oil to a pizza and two men with knives threaten sheep
Dismissed Retail 21/01/2009
March 1998
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8-98 Bayer Australia Ltd
Bayer - Hallelujah chorus
Dismissed 10/03/1998
February 1999
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
8-99 Transport Accident Commission
Transport Accident Commission - 'bloody idiot'
Dismissed Community Awareness 09/02/1999
April 2000
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80-00 Light Factory (The)
Light Factory - noose from light fitting - Lights out'
Dismissed Retail 11/04/2000
81-00 Paul Wakeling Motors
Paul Wakeling Motors - 'Choose your weapon!'
Dismissed Retail Print 11/04/2000
82-00 Big Flower Super Nursery
Big Flower - (82/00)- naked black woman holding bottle with sun decal coming out of top, surrounded by wares, including a flower pot balancing on her buttocks
Dismissed Retail Print 11/04/2000
83-00 Sara Lee Apparel Group
Sara Lee Apparel - Wonderbra - 3 advertisements: 'Get off here', 'Am I keeping you up?', 'By the way, my eyes are blue'
Dismissed Clothing Outdoor 11/04/2000
April 2009
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80-09 Future Entertainment
Future Entertainment - Internet with cartoon female gnome graphic with breasts and eyes covered by stars.
Dismissed Entertainment Internet 08/04/2009
March 2010
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80-10 Cadbury Pty Ltd
Cadbury Creme Egg TV 80/10. Shows chocolate eggs killing themselves in the blender - 'release the goo'
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 10/03/2010

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