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February 2019
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort descending Category Media Determination date
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
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
0040-19 Suzuki Australia Pty Limited
Advertisement for Suzuki Vitara.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 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
0043-19 Uber
Tennis stars advertising Uber Eats
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 20/02/2019
February 2012
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort descending Category Media Determination date
0037-12 Motor Accident Commission SA
Headline: "Don't Drive Like a" followed by a picture of a door knob. Sub headline: "Country Roads Need Safer Drivers"
Dismissed Community Awareness Outdoor 22/02/2012
0038-12 Nestle Australia Ltd
Billboard advertisement for Nestle Peters MAXIBON ice cream product featuring a muscle-bound man holding a Maxibon in one hand and his other hand is raised in a fist as though to punch. The tagline reads, "Do you have the Jawceps to conquer Maxibon? Find out at man-chew.com.au".
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries Billboard 22/02/2012
0040-12 Super Retail Group
Scenes of a family camping scene at a bush campsite. Dad is ‘showing off’ the new air bed. Mum asks "Where’s the awesome foot pump". We then see Mum hit Dad with what looks like a hairbrush.
Dismissed 22/02/2012
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
0043-12 Fosters Australia, Asia & Pacific
Billboard shows a group of young people with beers in hand smiling and laughing. In the right corner of the billboard is a bottle of carlton dry. The text reads "Destiny is Calling, but beer is on the other line. Hello Beer"
Dismissed Alcohol Billboard 22/02/2012
0044-12 Unilever Australasia
Print advertisement featuring cartoon animals standing on a beach with jungle scenery behind them. The text reads, "Are you ready to ride the wild slide? The world's longest slip n slide. The Paddle Pop Adventure Park comes to Sydney these school holidays."
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries Print 22/02/2012
February 2013
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort descending Category Media Determination date
0037-13 Afters
The advertisement was talking of after sex comfort liners to wear.
Dismissed Sex Industry 13/02/2013
0038-13 Man with a Van
The ad depicts a woman opening her door to some overweight unattractive moving men and not being pleased with this fact. The men are then bending over revealing their plumbers crack while doing their job with the woman watching in disgust.
Dismissed Professional Services 13/02/2013
0040-13 Liquor Alliance (VIC)
Advertisement for their "hump" club.
Dismissed Alcohol 13/02/2013
0041-13 Jamberoo Action Park
"Get Bitten By the Funnel Web" Jamberoo Recreation Park fun water ride for children.
Dismissed 13/02/2013
0042-13 Subway Franchisee Advertising Fund
Subways new $5 breakfast sub.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 13/02/2013
February 2014
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort descending Category Media Determination date
0037-14 Momentum Energy
A man tries to turn on his TV with the remote. He tries many positions and locations while his wife looks on from the kitchen. The camera zooms to her face showing her smirking. He finishes up under the TV with cabled being tangled around him.
Dismissed House Goods Services 26/02/2014
0038-14 Brumby's Bakeries Ltd
I am complaining about the Brumbies advertisement at about 5 .15pm on Friday, January 17, 2014 during the 5pm News. The statement was made that 1 slice of their grain bread had more protein than an egg.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 26/02/2014
0040-14 National Australia Bank Ltd
Youths driving classic car, lose control and drive over a cliff. Return car to normal and laugh at what they had done.
Dismissed Finance/Investment 26/02/2014
0044-14 Mondelez Australia Pty Ltd
Outdoor summer clothes males & females good looking, eastern european appearances and one asian male lying near swimming pool.All about 30's age.Sitting at outdoor table male jumps up on table and starts performing and squirting two sauces on salads as females make suggestive faces. A lot of pouting with lips. "If beautiful is boring then go up to the next level".Eating hamburgers with a "Smiling Face" made by the sauce.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 26/02/2014
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
0038-17 Wallet Wizard
A woman arrives home and enters the garage to find her partner has removed a tyre from their car and destroyed it by turning it into as swan. He explains he doesn't know what to do because their car registration is due and they can't afford to replace the tyre and pay the rego. Wallet Wizard loans are suggested as a solution.
Dismissed Finance/Investment TV - Free to Air 08/02/2017
0042-17 Ultra Tune Australia
2 young women perceived as helpless wearing next to nothing and acting like bimbos driving a car.
Dismissed Automotive TV - Free to Air 08/02/2017
0043-17 Ultra Tune Australia
Using sexually objectified women to sell car maintenance
Dismissed Automotive Internet 08/02/2017
February 2018
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort descending Category Media Determination date
0037-18 ARN
Ad showing two host entering elevator . Girl has something in hair . Guy says bend over I will check .Looks like she is giving him a head job in elevator when door opens and another girl sees and seems uncomfortable to enter elevator and leaves
Dismissed Entertainment TV - Free to Air 07/02/2018
0039-18 Glue Store
A large image of a woman, with breasts covered but projected outward and pursed lips ready to be kissed overlooks the atrium.
Dismissed Clothing Poster 07/02/2018
0040-18 ALDI Australia
The catalogue depicts three different bottles of Moscato and Prosecco each with a label of a woman in a rather compromising position ie breast and bottom and leg to the fore with a headline Kiss the Girls!
Dismissed Alcohol Promotional Material 07/02/2018
0041-18 Cotton On
The very large poster of two female models shows an obvious gap in the pants where the model is not wearing underwear and the labia is clearly visible.
Dismissed Clothing Poster 07/02/2018
0043-18 The Local Shack
A young man sitting at a table, possibly on a first date, meets with somebody wearing a dress. The man asks if they want to play a game and the person in the dress is revealed to have a masculine sounding voice, to which the man is surprised.
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 07/02/2018
February 2016
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0038-16 Hollywood Showgirls
2 girls in bikinis on the billboard advertising for hollywood showgirls
Dismissed Sex Industry Billboard 24/02/2016
0039-16 PVH Brands Australia Pty Ltd
Rafael Nadal is doing a strip tease. The camera cuts as he reveals time and time again, removing his underwear.
Dismissed Lingerie TV - Free to Air 24/02/2016
0044-16 Sportsbet
A group of men are in a pub and one of them is betting on his phone. At the end of the ad, thanks to some gambling success, the men embrace. A voiceover says words like "that's enough of that", and the men look sheepish and recoil from one another.
Dismissed Gambling TV - Free to Air 24/02/2016
February 2015
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0039-15 Animals Australia
Photo of a cow apparently in distress
Dismissed Community Awareness Transport 25/02/2015
0041-15 Employment Hero
The advertisement contains the phrase "pour shots until you call the shots. Get a real job"
Dismissed Employment Transport 25/02/2015
0042-15 Country Racing Victoria
I have a concern with a current advertisement being aired by your channel over recent weeks. I refer to the linking of children to Country Racing as an enjoyable event. The aim, in my opinion, is for children to encourage parents to take them to Country Horse Racing Events or, to promote the entertainment focussing on children's attractions and enjoyment. The horse racing and associated gambling and betting, which will ensue from accompanying adults, is a secondary, but important, issue related to the advertising.
Dismissed Sport and Leisure TV - Free to Air 25/02/2015
0043-15 Toppik
Adding product to hair to give thickness and volume.
Dismissed Toiletries TV - Free to Air 25/02/2015
February 2011
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort descending Category Media Determination date
0040-11 Johnson & Johnson Pacific Pty Ltd
A couple, dressed in pyjamas, are in bed, speaking about how they spend their intimate time together. The man alludes to the individual benefits of using K-Y® Yours + Mine™ for him and for her. The woman then comments on the special reaction that occurs when the two products are combined. An analogy of the pleasure experienced when the products combine is expressed via black and white footage of a couple conducting a ballroom dancing jump. The couple is then shown in the bed, covered in bed sheets.
Dismissed Sex Industry 23/02/2011
0041-11 Australian Pork Corporation
Australian Pork’s Get Some Pork on Your Fork – script one radio reminder establishes a lunch setting with four women aged around 35-40. The group of women discuss Jude’s relationship with Rob. Jude comments that the relationship is now going well as she ""porked him”. The advertisement then continues by delivering a health message, followed by a driver to pork.com.au for recipes, and finally ending with Australian Pork’s well known tagline “Get Some Pork on Your Fork”.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries Radio 23/02/2011
0042-11 Essential Beauty Franchising
The advertisement portrays an animated storybook using still vision of a character we have named Mary Huff. The content is written using spoonerism to describe Mary’s dilemma. The narrator describes how Mary had a personal problem and sought the services of Essential Beauty to remedy this problem, and they ‘faxed her wanny’.
Dismissed Professional Services 23/02/2011
0043-11 PZ Cussons Australia
A naked man, with his back to the viewer, standing in a field of tea tree plants. It is raining and he has his arms outstretched and his head tilted back, and is visible from the middle of his bum upwards. The text reads, "Packed with natural stuff. Originalsource.com.au." There is an image of an Original Source Mint and Tea Tree Shower gel bottle on the bottom right of the billboard.
Dismissed Toiletries Billboard 23/02/2011
0044-11 Advanced Medical Institute
A woman wearing a hard hat and fluorescent jacket and holding a sign which says, “2 min?” The words “Do you last” are written above the sign. To the right of the woman is a bed in the road with a man in his underwear sat on the side of it. The text underneath the man reads "Call or SMS 'longer' 1800 311 311".
Dismissed Professional Services Billboard 23/02/2011
February 2016
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0040-16 Ultra Tune Australia
Ultra Tune selling their services by portraying 2 women in cars in 'unexpected' situations from driving off a cliff instead of reversing.
Dismissed Automotive TV - Free to Air 10/02/2016
0041-16 Ultra Tune Australia
Two females enter a white convertible that's sitting precariously near the edge of a cliff. In stead of putting the car into reverse they go forward and off the cliff. The driver activates her roadside assistance and a helicopter with males rescues them.
Dismissed Automotive Internet 10/02/2016
February 2014
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0041-14 Hammonds Paints
Two females & two males sitting outside discussing the pros and cons of their (actor husbands) painting jobs.
Dismissed House Goods Services 12/02/2014
0043-14 Jim Beam Brands Australia Pty Ltd
The advert starts with manufacturing of the large can of alcohol then flying them by helicopter to a party where the pool is filled with these can of alcohol and everyone there is having a good time.
Dismissed Alcohol TV - Pay 12/02/2014
March 2014
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0042-14 Southern Waste
Recommends ways to recycle waste correctly.
Dismissed Other Radio 12/03/2014
February 2013
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0043-13 Hollard Financial Services
Discussion of the need for life insurance, shows family at a swimming pool and a toddler enters the pool with a flotation device strapped around her waist.
Dismissed Insurance 27/02/2013
0044-13 Cotton On
Cotton On advertisement for active booster shorts. The pose the model is taking constitutes nudity as her buttock is exposed.
Dismissed Clothing Internet 27/02/2013
March 2016
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0043-16 Subway Franchisee Advertising Fund
It was a poster on the footpath near the fast food restaurant.
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue Poster 09/03/2016

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