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E.g., 23/01/2020
March 2019
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Media Determination datesort ascending
0084-19 iSelect Pty Ltd
The homeowner is strapped to a spinning board and the 'billusionist' makes a star shaped throwing devices out of the household bills and throws them at the homeowner slicing through an apple on his head.
Dismissed Insurance TV - Free to Air 20/03/2019
0078-19 Honey Birdette
Poster titled “Ivy”; 2 women in side embrace; dressed in black+jade 3-piece lingerie sets; blonde model on right with fully exposed, bare buttocks.
Upheld - Not Modified or Discontinued Lingerie Poster 20/03/2019
0083-19 Kellogg (Aust) Pty Ltd
The advertisement also appears on YouTube and can be accessed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6SK68nL_ZYThe advertisement is a 15 second film clip showing children playing in a tree house. The tree house has a sign saying ‘no grown ups’. The children are hoisting a dog in a basket up into their tree house. A woman is shown standing below the tree house with a box of Kellogg’s choc chip LCMs.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries Internet - Social - Other 20/03/2019
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
0082-19 Kellogg (Aust) Pty Ltd
The advertisement is a 15 second film clip showing children playing in a tree house. The tree house has a sign saying ‘no grown ups’. The children are hoisting a dog in a basket up into their tree house. A woman is shown standing below the tree house with a box of Kellogg’s choc chip LCMs. When she opens the box, individual puffs of rice and chocolate chips float up into the air towards the tree house and form into a bar that appears in the hand of one of the children, who looks at it with amazement.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 20/03/2019
0081-19 Universal Pictures
This television advertisement is a trailer for a horror movie Us. It's about a family holiday that turns bad.
Dismissed Entertainment TV - Free to Air 20/03/2019
March 2019
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Media Determination datesort ascending
0064-19 Ubisoft P/L
On demand television advertisement for Far Cry game which featured the lyrics 'it's raining men' and vision of women shooting men in a bar.
Dismissed Entertainment TV - On Demand 06/03/2019
0055-19 Samsung Electronics Aust Pty Ltd
A part of the ad shows a couple using a smartphone as a sonography app. 
Dismissed Telecommunications TV - Free to Air 06/03/2019
0059-19 Campbell's Australia
Large advertisement on the side of a bus that has a box of Arnott's Shapes original barbecue crackers. The words 'This summer, open something real.' appear at the top of the advertisement.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries Transport 06/03/2019
0063-19 Wicked Campers
Qld registered Wicked Campervan with the slogan: ‘You obviously mistaken me for someone who gives a fuck’. The van has the word 'wild' on the side and a picture of a man sticking his tongue out.
Upheld - Not Modified or Discontinued Travel Transport 06/03/2019
0054-19 Wicked Campers
Wicked Camper Van with the slogan “waking up is the second hardest thing in the morning” on the back.Tasmanian vehicle registration is I 03 AG
Dismissed Travel Transport 06/03/2019
0071-19 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
It was a promoted tweet about the upcoming Mardi Gras in Sydney, with some events being held. It contained 3 images.
Dismissed Entertainment Internet - Social - Twitter 06/03/2019
0062-19 Yum Restaurants International
A old lady goes to sit down, misses the seat and lands on her bum. Her granddaughter, starts to laugh at her pointing and making fun at her .
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 06/03/2019
0067-19 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
The advertisement features a woman inside her home enjoying air conditioning, whilst she watches her daughter playing in a pool outside.
Dismissed House Goods Services TV - Free to Air 06/03/2019
0061-19 Yum Restaurants International
Facebook advertisement featuring a video - 'Last summer bucketheads gave us inspo' then slideshow that included children with KFC buckets on their heads, last frame had 'show us your #bucketheads' inviting people to interact.
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue Internet - Social - Facebook 06/03/2019
0058-19 Molemap
The advertisement is brief, with narration asking the audience if they have ever been sunburnt or considered skin cancer. Moles are showed an question marks and the narrator suggests getting a mole map.
Dismissed Health Products TV - Free to Air 06/03/2019
0066-19 Taste my Bean
Radio advertisement which features a woman describing what she saw a barista doing to a coffee as though it were a crime.
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue Radio 06/03/2019
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
0060-19 Yum Restaurants International
TVC featured a school play, parents in the audience were bored of the kids performance, teenager shows mum an ad on her phone with KFC deal and mum shouts out 'shut up and take my money', next scene they were seating KFC whilst upset children look on.
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 06/03/2019
0057-19 Table One Espresso
A woman is simulating having an orgasm while a man describes the product.
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue Radio 06/03/2019
0065-19 Stan
Television advertisement promoting Stan show 'Miracle Workers'.
Dismissed Entertainment TV - Free to Air 06/03/2019
0056-19 Medibank Private Ltd
Channel 7 went to an adbreak from the news and immediately went to a Medibank Health Update which contained a reporter and an interviewee. A Channel 7 lower thirds chryon came up explaining upcoming news stories. It stayed on for a large duration of this advertorial. After it finished and the Channel 7 information went away a Medibank insurance ad came on as part of the normal ad break.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Health Products TV - Free to Air 06/03/2019
0069-19 Nestle Australia Ltd
Advertising a new breakfast product - an oat breakfast bar. Consists of a father and son discussing in Scottish accents how to make porridge.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 06/03/2019
February 2019
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Media Determination datesort ascending
0048-19 ANZ Banking Group Ltd
A young person in a wheelchair was being chased/attacked scared for their well-being as they were being hunted down by a tiger.
Dismissed Finance/Investment TV - Free to Air 20/02/2019
0043-19 Uber
Tennis stars advertising Uber Eats
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 20/02/2019
0039-19 Subway Franchisee Advertising Fund
The advertisement featured two women who appeared to be on tinder only for it to be revealed that they were swiping right on subs. It suggested that some subs were better then others and encouraged consumers to find a product that it a ‘match’ for them.
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 20/02/2019
0051-19 Honey Birdette
Poster advertisement featuring the word Kukuro. The advertisement features a woman in bondage-style lingerie leaning against a motorbike with her back facing the camera. The Lingerie is made of black straps and buckles and leaves the woman's buttocks exposed.
Upheld - Not Modified or Discontinued Lingerie Poster 20/02/2019
0042-19 McDonald's Aust Ltd
Advertisement promoting "double up" of main ingredients.
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 20/02/2019
0050-19 Honey Birdette
Poster advertisement features the name Saskia and a picture of a woman in a black leather and mesh lingerie set. She is wearing a bra, thong and suspenders and is leaning against a motor bike.
Upheld - Not Modified or Discontinued Lingerie Poster 20/02/2019
0047-19 Cosmetique
This was a large advertisement for breast implants on the back of a council bus that featured a naked woman holding her breasts with her arms crossed.
Dismissed Professional Services Transport 20/02/2019
0036-19 Stan
The ad was a preview/promo for the Stan series Black Monday.
Dismissed Entertainment TV - On Demand 20/02/2019
0038-19 Thorne Harbour Health
Two men in white underwear arms over each other.
Dismissed Community Awareness Billboard 20/02/2019
0046-19 Parfums Christian Dior
Perfume advertisement for Dior featuring Charlize Theron.
Dismissed Toiletries TV - Free to Air 20/02/2019
0045-19 Hunter Valley Steel
The ad starts with a women answering a phone with an exaggerated accent. A man places an order for 1mm steel to fix his box trailer, and she quotes a price. A voice over then asks if you spotted the mistake. Another male then states that the 1mm steel would not be appropriate for the job and suggests more suitable material. The voice over states when you need an expert not an order taker, call HV Steel.
Dismissed Professional Services Radio 20/02/2019
0049-19 ANZ Banking Group Ltd
The advertisement depicts a man in a wheelchair, moving from the left side of the shot to the right. He stops at the right hand side of the shot.Soon after, a tiger begins walking towards him growling. The man is clearly in a panic - hyperventilating and shaking his hands around. He does not move his wheelchair away, and the shot cuts off as the tiger is now very close to the man.
Dismissed Finance/Investment Internet - Social - Other 20/02/2019
0040-19 Suzuki Australia Pty Limited
Advertisement for Suzuki Vitara.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 20/02/2019
0044-19 Mars Wrigley Confectionery
Ad for Wrigley's chewing gum that features one boy pushing another boy up against the wall.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 20/02/2019
0052-19 Honey Birdette
Not your valentine campaign, “Vienna”. Woman in sheer, black bodysuit straddling motorbike. Image contains side view of model’s fully exposed breast (nipple has been airbrushed).
Upheld - Not Modified or Discontinued Lingerie Poster 20/02/2019
February 2019
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Media Determination datesort ascending
0030-19 Metricon Homes
The ad displayed a naked woman in the bath tub cleaning her shoulder. 
Dismissed Real Estate TV - Free to Air 06/02/2019
0029-19 Koala Sleep
The billboard states 'INOFNIDEA'? .
Dismissed House Goods Services Billboard 06/02/2019
0545-18 McDonald's Aust Ltd
The advertisement is a McDonald’s app called ‘Happy Studio’, available for download on mobile devices. The app provides interactive games and activities for children, with the character that the child controls being an animated Happy Meal box.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Food/Bev Venue App 06/02/2019
0015-19 Pixelberry Studios
Asking the player to ‘PLAY NOW’ after showing a video of a female coming home and walking into the bedroom to find her partner in bed with another female.
Dismissed Entertainment App 06/02/2019
0028-19 Koala Sleep
Radio ad contained the phrase "Australian as...digging a hole in a dead dog's donger" 
Dismissed House Goods Services Radio 06/02/2019
0551-18 Alka Power
Web page with images and text promoting Alkalne Water.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Food/Bev Groceries Internet 06/02/2019
0027-19 BetterHelp
The advertisement depicts a women having a panic attack in her car and house. It ends with her chatting online with a 'counsellor' from betterhelp.com.
Dismissed Professional Services TV - Free to Air 06/02/2019
0032-19 A2 Milk
Baby formula tin with the headline ‘believe in better’ and photo of a baby.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries Billboard 06/02/2019
0031-19 Ladbroke.com.au
Ladbrokes advertising gambling on australian open. Features a close up of a woman's bust swinging a tennis raquet.
Dismissed Gambling TV - Free to Air 06/02/2019
0026-19 Santos Ltd
The advertisment promoted Santos’s environmental benefits of natural gas (CSG) compared to coal mines, alongside their involvement in the Tour Down Under.
Dismissed House Goods Services TV - Free to Air 06/02/2019
0012-19 SodaStream Australia
Soda stream uses one reusable bottle to make hundreds of carbonated drinks, rather than wasting hundreds of bottles. Hundreds of plastic bottles are shown.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 06/02/2019
0025-19 Youfoodz
Youfoodz ad featuring people describing places where they have 'lost it'.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 06/02/2019

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