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March 1999
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42-99 The University of Southern Queensland
University of Southern Queensland - "Computer image of man's head"
Dismissed Education Print 09/03/1999
46-99 Civic Theatre Restaurant
Civic Theatre Restaurant - Toy Boyz
Dismissed Entertainment 09/03/1999
November 2017
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0486-17 Coca-Cola South Pacific
The ad describes coffee roasting "in the sun" with roasted beans lying on deck chairs.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Pay 08/11/2017
May 2013
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0153-13 Global Shop Direct
The commercial was for a knife sharpener called “Edge of Glory”, no big deal I thought UNTIL they demonstrated that you can use this same sharpener to sharpen your credit card. They then demonstrated how a ‘blunt’ credit card could not cut a tomato, but a sharpened one worked you like a razor.
Dismissed House Goods Services TV - Pay 22/05/2013
0160-13 Expedia
Online advertising for getting hotel accommodation via phone apps. A male and woman meet up in an elevator and have implied sex only to be caught by a family.
Dismissed Travel Internet 22/05/2013
February 2000
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427-99 Lowes Menswear
Lowes Menswear - "Men playing cricket"
Dismissed Retail 08/02/2000
June 2019
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0156-19 Aston Martin
The ad features an Aston Martin on an asphalt road. 
Dismissed Vehicle Print 12/06/2019
September 2009
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431-09 Jeans West Corporation
Jeans West Corporation - Poster. Honour the Denim. Group of Japanese girls kneeling in front of a caucasian girl.
Dismissed Clothing Print 23/09/2009
November 2016
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0495-16 Volkswagen Group Australia Pty Limited
An advertisement that promotes the Tiguan as so good that you forget that it is a family car. Segments depict a child in the back seat with her parents in the front talking as if they have forgotten the child is there. Well-made and funny segments.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Pay 09/11/2016
October 2009
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438-09 Snack Brands Australia
Snackbrands - Kettle - (438/09) - TV Angas Sampson pool side with women relating the hare and the tortoise tale to selling potato chips.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 28/10/2009
February 2010
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05-10 RHS Australia Pty Ltd
RHS Australia 05/10 Poster of a woman standing naked with her arms over her breasts and leaves covering her body.
Dismissed Clothing Poster 10/02/2010
47-10 Tartarus Pty Ltd
Tartaurus - Billboard (47/10)Go to Hell
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries Outdoor 10/02/2010
April 2016
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0163-16 VISA International
The TV Advertisement overtly focuses on a male actor in "budgie smugglers" walking along the beach to a food & drink stand where the actor uses his wrist watch to pay for a drink.
Dismissed Finance/Investment TV - Out of Home 27/04/2016
0167-16 Ubet
Training school for gambling
Dismissed Gambling TV - Free to Air 27/04/2016
February 2004
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443-03 Debtless
Debtless - 'Bloody debt'.
Dismissed Finance/Investment Print 17/02/2004
06-04 Poseidon Dips Pty Ltd
Poseidon - Black Swan Dip - man sees woman wearing black thong underwear and remembers name of dip he had to buy
Dismissed 17/02/2004
December 2016
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0504-16 The Beauty Door
Objectifying and sexualisation of women in public places, which promotes gender inequality, reduces women to object and promotes unhealthy body images.
Dismissed Beauty Salon Poster 07/12/2016
October 2009
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448-09 McDonald's Aust Ltd
McDonald's - (448/09) Maths on line TV 'some old hags just can't hide their age' written on whiteboard
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 14/10/2009
June 2013
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0171-13 Bayer Australia Ltd
An advertisement for Anti-fungal and anti-inflammatory cream (Canesten).
Dismissed Health Products 12/06/2013
May 2011
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0175-11 Campbell's Australia
A male voice over says, "Real. It's more that just a word in our name..." and we see a farmer picking vegetables. His hands brush the soil off the vegetables. It then cuts to an image of someone walking towards a barn with chickens in the background. Viewers then see a hand carefully throw herbs and seasoning into a stockpot. The advertisement cuts to a big stockpot, with stock bubbling away. It then cuts to Real Stock being ladled into the stockpot, before cutting back to the opening Campbell’s Real Stock pack shots.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 25/05/2011
November 2018
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0520-18 Cotton On
Email - Subject line states "Broke AF? 45-75% off starts now"
Dismissed Clothing Email 28/11/2018
May 2014
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0178-14 Menulog
Encouraging to download an app called menulog to locate and order food for home delivery that portrays Jesus with his disciples at the last supper.
Dismissed Professional Services TV - Free to Air 28/05/2014
December 2014
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0528-14 Procter & Gamble Australia Pty Ltd
Quote from ad- 'You're not born glamorous- you create it'
Dismissed Toiletries TV - Free to Air 10/12/2014
May 2012
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0182-12 WorkSafe Victoria
Series of Worksafe advertisments that show a variety of scenes in warehouses, outdoors, office and factory settings with a supervisor directing staff to undertake unsafe tasks with a definite risk of injury and/or death. The employee agrees in all cases but looks concerned and confused. Ending with tagline " Would you do what you ask your workers to do?”,
Dismissed Community Awareness 23/05/2012
February 2009
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48-09 FOXTEL Management Pty Ltd
FOXTEL - young naked woman and man kissing in swimming pool
Dismissed Telecommunications Transport 11/02/2009
January 2011
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0535-10 Retail Zoo
Janine Allis, the founder of Boost, talks about how hard her staff work and thanks them. She then goes on to say that she does not see them in the same way as the media generally portrays them – as lazy Gen-Ys, but as optimistic, energetic and enthusiastic. Janine Allis finishes by asking the viewer to smile the next time one of the Boost staff asks you how you are because “it won’t kill you” and then we see the Boost logo.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries Cinema 19/01/2011
April 2017
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0185-17 Sexpo Pty Ltd
SEXPO bus ad WA
Dismissed Sex Industry Transport 26/04/2017
February 2006
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49-06 Dow Agrosciences Australia Ltd
Dow Agrosciences - Garlon 600 - high powered revolver is opened and a bullet loaded, closed, and shot at a target placed on a watermelon
Dismissed Other 14/02/2006
January 2019
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0542-18 Yum Restaurants International
BucketLive a little
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue Transport 23/01/2019
February 2001
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5-01 Collins Foods Group Pty Ltd
Collins Foods Group - Sizzler - 'Working Mum'
Dismissed 13/02/2001
May 2006
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177-06 Wise Employment
Wise Employment - "I can handle anything. I'm a SOLE PARENT"
Dismissed Employment Print 09/05/2006
December 2017
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0550-17 Mondelez International
The advertisement is an animation. It begins with a full screen Freddo playing a bright red electric guitar. The next frame is a block of chocolate, where Freddo is playing the guitar on one piece of chocolate. The remainder of the block depicts various images of Freddo printed into the individual squares of chocolate. The block of chocolate is then wrapped in the packaging which shows the guitar playing Freddo on the front. The package then splits into two different packs, one with the guitar playing Freddo and the other with Freddo holding an umbrella.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries Internet - Social - Instagram 19/12/2017
June 2013
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0193-13 SCA Hygiene Australasia
A group of girls are out when one receives a call for an impromptu job interview. The interview is required immediately. Her friend drives her to the interview while she "freshens up" in the back seat of the car.
Dismissed Toiletries 26/06/2013
December 2008
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506-08 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota - Hilux - Unbreakable Ute - stereotype of oceanic islanders portrayed as naive
Dismissed 10/12/2008
August 2001
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180-01 Accor Asia Pacific Australia
Accor Asia Pacific - Novotel Vines Resort, Perth - 7 Deadly Sins Packages - confessional
Dismissed Travel 14/08/2001
January 2015
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0561-14 Crazy Horse Revue Pty Ltd
A woman stands front on in underwear that fully reveals her breasts. Her nipples are covered by tassels.
Dismissed Sex Industry Poster 14/01/2015
June 2012
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0197-12 Mars Confectionery
A train is careening out of control in the snow capped mountains that requires someone to climb onto the carriage to sever the brakes and save the day. Despite having a number of natural heroes onboard, everyone turns to the guy eating the Mars bar to step up to the challenge because with a Mars comes great responsibility.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 13/06/2012
January 2007
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514-06 IAG Insurance
IAG Insurance - SGIC - woman drivers are better than men
Dismissed Insurance 16/01/2007
523-06 Big Mobile Pty Ltd
Big Mobile - Wild Chat - woman in pants & bra holding phone & writhing on bed moaning as if simulating sex
Dismissed 16/01/2007
July 2005
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183-05 Virgin Atlantic Airways
Virgin Atlantic Airways - shows two men forming a relationship all the way through to marriage, til one guy wakes up on a flight with another man leaning on him, VO says: If you wanted to sleep with him, you would have married him fly Virgin Atlantic
Dismissed Travel Cinema 12/07/2005
January 2017
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0577-16 Good Vibrations (Adult Erotica)
It is an ad for 20% off everything at Good Vibrations adult store. There was no issue with the words but it features a picture of a woman in a sexualised outfit looking provocative.
Dismissed Sex Industry Print 18/01/2017
May 2018
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0200-18 Diandian Interactive
Pre-role ad was served promoting a Game called Guns Of Glory depicting a massacre of an army with violent sound effects.
Dismissed Toys and Games Internet - Social - Other 09/05/2018
July 2007
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186-07 ING Australia Ltd
ING - Billy Connolly - A Walk in the park - Billy doing various activities in the background - silly walks, playing guitar, imitating Michael Jackson's moonwalk and crotch-grabbing
Dismissed Insurance 10/07/2007
May 2017
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0204-17 Sexpo Pty Ltd
It was an advertisement for the upcoming Perth Sexpo 5 to7 May
Dismissed Sex Industry TV - Free to Air 10/05/2017
November 2009
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531-09 Coca-Cola South Pacific Pty Ltd
Coca Cola - Transport (531/09)Big to do list with silhouette image of naked female jumping off jett
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries Transport 25/11/2009
May 2009
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189-09 Club X
Club X Mega Store Billboard on corner of Bell Street and High Street, Preston VIC
Dismissed Sex Industry Outdoor 14/05/2009
April 2009
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100-09 Sarre Photography
Sarre Photography - Print ad of male and female lying down embracing. Image includes view of female buttocks.
Dismissed Print 08/04/2009
May 2015
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0208-15 Stan
New advertisement for "Stan" as being a good place for watching romantic movies.
Dismissed Entertainment TV - Free to Air 27/05/2015
January 2009
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541-08 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota - Rav4 - Internet - chainsaw chops up hands
Dismissed Internet 21/01/2009
July 2000
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192-00 Boots Healthcare Australia Pty Ltd
Boots - Strepsils
Dismissed Health Products 11/07/2000

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