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May 2007
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128-07 Yum Restaurants International
Yum - KFC - Bacon Double Cheeseburger - men at drive-thru are condescending to girl taking order
Dismissed 08/05/2007
June 2012
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0245-12 Fosters Australia, Asia & Pacific
Depictions of a husband and wife with similar appearance and styling and the question "Spending too much time with the wife?" There is a picture of a bottle of Carlton Mid beer next to the image of the couple, and the text, "Stay a little longer".
Dismissed Alcohol Print 27/06/2012
September 2006
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328-06 Suncorp
Suncorp - GIO - family car backing out of driveway into home next door - no indicator, or brake lights on trailer
Dismissed Insurance 12/09/2006
June 2015
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0246-15 Department of Health and Ageing
There were three different ads about Ice awareness. These might have run several times during the program we were watching however we switched off.
Dismissed Community Awareness TV - On Demand 24/06/2015
0250-15 Darwin Red Devil Fishing Charters
Fishing charters a shark is being caught and a women is screaming loudly.
Dismissed Sport and Leisure TV - Free to Air 24/06/2015
0254-15 Jim's Mowing SA
The cartoon version of Jim's Mowing and garden maintenance.
Dismissed House Goods Services TV - Free to Air 24/06/2015
August 2009
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329-09 GlaxoSmithKline Australia Pty Ltd
Glaxo Smith Kline - Panadol (329/09) people sneezing on each other
Dismissed Health Products 12/08/2009
May 1999
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131-99 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota - Hilux - bugger
Dismissed 11/05/1999
146-99 Just Jeans Group
Just Jeans - Jay Jays - theft - Anzac Day
Dismissed Clothing 11/05/1999
October 2007
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332-07 Ferrero Australia Pty Ltd (Ferrero Rocher)
Ferrero - Bueno - young woman in bubble bath says "I love Bueno because I like to please myself" - camera pans back and she seems to be masturbating under the bubbles
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 09/10/2007
May 2000
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135-00 Honda Australia Pty Ltd
Honda - Odyssey - baby driving car
Dismissed 09/05/2000
October 2003
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336-03 Austereo Pty Ltd
Austereo - Triple M - 'Freq Club' - man in leather, pretending to be donkey, being whipped by woman in lingerie.
Dismissed Media 14/10/2003
360-03 Porsche Cars Australia Pty Ltd
Porsche - Cayenne S - 'Have your Porsche and your family too' - no number plate.
Dismissed 14/10/2003
June 2001
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138-01 Unilever Australasia
Unilever - Lipton - Tea - man in underpants 'indicating a sex act'
Dismissed 12/06/2001
August 2013
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0258-13 Kellogg (Aust) Pty Ltd
This advertisement for Kellogg’s LCM “Split Stix” was broadcast during July 2013. It depicts a primary school-age boy in a typical school classroom at lunchtime. He takes an LCM Split Stix bar from his lunchbox and unwraps it, smiling quizzically at the product as he realises it is able to be split in two down the middle. He splits the LCM bar and takes a large, enthusiastic bite. He then picks up a paper plane from the desk in front of him and throws it out the open classroom window. The viewer follows the plane out the window as a joyful jingle begins.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 14/08/2013
0262-13 Boost Tel Pty Ltd
No1 shows zombies in the supermarket and a woman on roller-skates trying to hit the zombie with a cricket bat. The zombies are bleeding in the supermarket.
Dismissed Mobile Phone or SMS 14/08/2013
March 2003
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34-03 Coca-Cola South Pacific Pty Ltd
Coca-Cola - 'You know you want it' - man appearing drugged in bath; crowd surfing.
Dismissed 11/03/2003
April 2006
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140-06 Pepsico Australia Holdings Pty Ltd
Pepsico - Pepsi Max - man wears rabbit ears and tail and sent out to race in front of dogs - commentator remarks "What an ugly rabbit!"
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 11/04/2006
November 2007
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342-07 Suzuki Australia Pty Limited
Suzuki - SX4 - Surveillance - investigaters in car following another vehicle, which keep changes its appearance into hatch, then AWD and then a rally car spinning on a wet road
Dismissed 13/11/2007
346-07 Global Shop Direct
Global Shop Direct - Leg Magic - women using exercise equipment
Dismissed Retail 13/11/2007
June 2010
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0266-10 Kimberly-Clark Aust Pty Ltd
This television advertisement features a series of vignettes with a young boy and young girl on different sides of a split screen. The advertisement shows the children playing with different toys, sleeping, dressing up in different outfits, reading books and getting messy in different ways. The advertisement then shows a boy and girl Huggies Nappy, demonstrating that Huggies Nappies have tailored absorbency for boys and girls. The advertisement finishes with the split screen disappearing to reveal both children coming together to hug their mum.
Dismissed Toiletries 22/06/2010
June 2016
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0269-16 Roadshow Film Distributors Pty Ltd
hearing parts of the horror movie . And unnerving , scary voices and wording
Dismissed Entertainment Radio 22/06/2016
February 2009
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35-09 Environmental Protection Agency
Qld state government - has an overweight man watching tv with 'noone'written on his t-shirt
Dismissed 11/02/2009
July 1999
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149-99 adidas Australia Pty Ltd
adidas - "Take the local championship"
Dismissed 13/07/1999
August 2014
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0273-14 Sony Pictures Releasing Pty Ltd
The advertisement contains the images of a male and a female. The male appears to be in a running pose fully clothed while the female is in a Jumping Jack position in underwear. Behind the people in large red lettering are the words "SEX TAPE". At the top of the advert appears the names Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel.
Dismissed Entertainment Transport 13/08/2014
September 2008
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353-08 Hybrid Television Services (ANZ) Pty Ltd
Hybrid Television Services - TiVo - TV your way - people marching victoriously towards camera with remote control - female snatches remote from male, and he says "Sorry love..."
Dismissed Telecommunications 16/09/2008
July 2002
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152-02 Windsor Smith Pty Ltd
Windsor Smith - 'Wicked' - man sitting on bed putting on his shoes, with two tousled women behind him.
Dismissed Clothing Outdoor 09/07/2002
July 2016
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0277-16 Pretty Little Thing
Skinny girlsSkimpy clothes
Dismissed Clothing TV - Pay 13/07/2016
0289-16 Ultra Tune Australia
This is in relation to two ads. I have just watched the second of two sexist ads tonight on network nine. This first ad two women in a car drive of a cliff and are rescued by Ultratune men in a helicopter - the last screen finishes with a shot of the women look up to the men in a gratuitous cleavage shot. The second ad are two women again depicting a 'dumb' stereotype accidentally getting soaked going through a car wash with the top down.
Dismissed Automotive TV - Free to Air 13/07/2016
May 2010
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357-09 Wyeth Consumer Healthcare Pty Ltd
Wyeth 357/09 - Toddler formula with "important nutrients your child needs for every stage of development"
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 13/05/2010
June 2003
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155-03 Dodo Australia Pty Ltd
Dodo Internet - 'Your super fast broadband connection has saved me from Internet starvation' - overweight boy eating junk food (2 ads).
Dismissed Telecommunications 10/06/2003
June 2018
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0281-18 Jaguar Land Rover Australia Pty Ltd
Its is the dragon challenge in which an Asian professional driver showcases the "climbing" capability of a landrover on stairs. There is no possible way that a person who buys the car would ever be allowed to do this.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Pay 20/06/2018
April 2009
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158-09 Big W
Big W - Print ad for Kayser underwear with models topless with only their hands covering their breasts.
Dismissed Clothing Print 22/04/2009
July 2017
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0285-17 Chemist Warehouse
An advertisement for Chemist Warehouse appeared on TV showing two women of Asian descent fighting over the last bottle of Fish Oil on the shelf. A pharmacy assistant then goes over to the two Asian women to stop them from fighting and shows them there is plenty more stock behind them. 
Dismissed Health Products TV - Free to Air 12/07/2017
December 2005
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364-05 YRSA's Vineyard
YRSA's Vineyard - guy discussing taste and region of wines then woman says not interested in "all the hullabaloo" just the name of the wine - then calls the guy "a wanker"
Dismissed Alcohol Radio 13/12/2005
372-05 TransACT Communications Pty Ltd
TransACT - "Find out why blue is better" - image of blue eyes to advertise their SIM card
Dismissed Telecommunications Transport 13/12/2005
June 1999
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160-99 Procter & Gamble Australia Pty Ltd
Proctor & Gamble - Pringles
Dismissed 08/06/1999
July 2001
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164-01 Advanced Medical Institute
AMI - "malfunction in his engine room"
Dismissed Health Products 10/07/2001
167-01 Simplot Aust Pty Ltd
Simplot - Four n' Twenty Pies - 'Rabbit Food'
Dismissed 10/07/2001
August 2014
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0293-14 National Australia Bank Ltd
The advertisement was a fake letter addressed to me from "[my names]'s sensible side". In the letter it said that I should get a NAB credit card to enjoy retail therapy because it is sensible to get a deal at sale time. It says "the sensible thing to do now is to stop your impulsive side from missing out".
Dismissed Finance/Investment Mail 27/08/2014
July 2012
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0297-12 A List Entertainment
Advertisment shows a segment of Kitty's stand up show on stage as she delivers some of her show. The voiceover then provides the details about where the show is on and the date and other relevant information.
Dismissed Entertainment 25/07/2012
October 2006
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376-06 Saab Automobile Australia Pty Ltd
Saab - 9-3 Linear Sport Sedan - vapour trail - car travelling at speed along an empty highway with jet-stream effect
Dismissed 10/10/2006
384-06 TRUenergy
TRUenergy - man driving with megaphone stops near kids buying ice cream and asks if they'd like a free brochure
Dismissed 10/10/2006
February 2006
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17-06 S C Johnson & Son Pty Ltd
SC Johnson - Baygon - man using outdoor pesticide spray without safety mask or protective clothing - boy's pet spider (CGI) in jar terrified. Mother calls out to get rid of spider - the boy does so by emptying the jar out the window
Dismissed 14/02/2006
July 2016
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0300-16 Mondelez Australia Pty Ltd
The advertisement is for Cadbury Dairy Milk with Oreo and was released on YouTube in April 2016.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries Internet 27/07/2016
February 2007
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38-07 Meat & Livestock Australia Ltd
Meat & Livestock - pie chart - pie chart represents vegetables 90% and 10% lamb. Vegetable part labelled "Greens" - plate contains one lamb chop and vegetables replaced by small sliver of vegetables and lots of lamb chops
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 13/02/2007
July 2005
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172-05 General Mills Australia Pty Ltd
General Mills - Betty Crocker Cake Mix - young boy is helping to make a cake, once it's baked he takes a piece and says "I like to shove it down my gob"
Dismissed 12/07/2005
September 2013
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0304-13 Bonds Industries Ltd
Bonds lacy underwear, women dancing in underwear with umbrellas.
Dismissed Lingerie 11/09/2013
August 2001
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175-01 Tourism Queensland
Tourism Qld - 'Say G'day' - Australian boy bows to Japanese woman
Dismissed Travel 14/08/2001
July 2010
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0308-10 Browne's Foods
We can hear girls giggling in the shower then a male voiceover says, "And now - two hot girls in the shower." The girls can then be heard saying the water is hot and that there are bubbles, before the voiceover continues with "That was awesome. Just like the great new taste of Brownes Choc Chill - now with added awesome."
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries Radio 14/07/2010

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