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April 2000
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
91-00 Monster.com.au
Monster.com.au - 'sniffing' jellyfish
Dismissed Employment 11/04/2000
92-00 Transport Accident Commission
Transport Accident Commission - men in pub - elderly couple killed
Dismissed Community Awareness 11/04/2000
93-00 Rocky Bay
Rocky Bay (Muscular Dystrophy)
Dismissed Community Awareness 11/04/2000
94-00 Coca-Cola South Pacific Pty Ltd
Coca-Cola - Sydney Express - hitchhikers being picked up by men in yellow van, which has lots of Coke - eventually have to drop some off bcs too many - "Should've bought a bigger esky"
Dismissed 11/04/2000
95-00 Sony Computer Entertainment Aust Pty Ltd
Sony Computer Entertainment - Army Men - Air Attack and 3D video games)
Dismissed Entertainment 11/04/2000
May 2001
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
91-01 Red Rooster
Red Rooster - Little Red Rooster - Barbie/Hot Wheels Promotion
Dismissed 08/05/2001
92-01 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota - LandCruiser - 'Battle of the Elements' - 'bloody weather'
Dismissed 08/05/2001
93-01 Watling Roche Lawyers
Watling Roche Lawyers - Thank God we're on your side
Dismissed Outdoor 08/05/2001
94-01 Domino's Pizza Australia Pty Ltd
Domino's - man lets woman fall as they dance
Dismissed 08/05/2001
95-01 Francis Street Apartments
Francis Street Apartments - Lumina - woman with plastic bag over head
Dismissed Real Estate Print 08/05/2001
April 2002
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
91-02 Unilever Australasia
Unilever - Streets - Magnum - "Lust - Give in to it" - man with toolbox under car, with trousers around his ankles, grunting
Dismissed 09/04/2002
92-02 Unilever Australasia
Unilever - Streets - Magnum (print) - 'Basic Instinct' - "Having trouble getting into a Magnum tub?" One tub surrounded with bent spoons, the other with an ice pick
Dismissed Print 09/04/2002
93-02 Microsoft Pty Ltd
Microsoft - XBOX - "Dead or Alive 3"
Dismissed Outdoor 09/04/2002
94-02 Ian Jones Insurance Brokers Pty Ltd
Ian Jones Insurance - rear view of naked male leaping in air -"Covering your ASSets"
Dismissed Insurance Outdoor 09/04/2002
April 2003
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
91-03 Australian Dairy Corporation
Australian Dairy Corporation - woman in bath; man undressing.
Dismissed 08/04/2003
92-03 Saab Automobile Australia Pty Ltd
Saab - 9-3 Sport - silver car skids.
Dismissed 08/04/2003
93-03 Unilever Australasia
Unilever - Streets - Magnum - 'Sixties Nine' - man rolling marijuana cigarette.
Dismissed 08/04/2003
94-03 Carter Holt Harvey Tissue Aust Pty Ltd
Carter Holt Harvey - Handee Ultra - dog caught in rain.
Dismissed 08/04/2003
95-03 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota - Prado - Driver Assist Technology - bouncing off rocks, surging through creeks.
Dismissed 08/04/2003
May 2004
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
91-04 Just Jeans Group
Just Jeans - Jay Jays - youths tip messy liquid and jelly over passers-by below
Dismissed Clothing 11/05/2004
92-04 Office of the Commissioner for Licensing
Office of Commissioner for Licensing - Responsible Service of Alcohol - cartoon figure pinches girl's bum
Dismissed Other 11/05/2004
93-04 Tricon Restaurants International
Tricon - KFC Meteors - video game - motorbike riders violating road rules
Dismissed 11/05/2004
94-04 Ross Mollison Group Ltd
Ross Mollison Productions - "Puppetry of the Penis" - old lady holds man's legs while he's doing handstand and looks at penis "I've seen a lot of penises". "Oh my God"
Dismissed Entertainment 11/05/2004
95-04 Funtastic Limited
Funtastic - MGA Entertainment - Bratz dolls - "Don't theorise. Accessorise".
Dismissed 11/05/2004
March 2006
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
91-06 Tourism Australia
Tourism Australia (TV) - "Where the bloody hell are you?"
Dismissed Travel 14/03/2006
92-06 Nestle Australia Ltd
Nestle - Fromage Frais Blissful - woman watching a man wearing orange swimmers and cleaning a swimming pool comments "nice mangoes"
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 14/03/2006
94-06 Advanced Medical Institute
AMI - "do it like an animal" series featuring words such as "erect doodles" "Year of Dog" "make love like a rabbit or horny Tasmanian Devil" "ferrets can folk dance for an hour" "turn men into frisky ferrets"
Dismissed Radio 14/03/2006
April 2007
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
91-07 Scientific Fighting Congress of Australia
Scientific Fighting Congress - fight scenes, street brawls - you can be taught to defend yourself against such attacks
Dismissed 10/04/2007
92-07 National Australia Bank Ltd
National Australia Bank/AFL - Auskick - recruiting only young boys to play Auskick - not girls
Dismissed 10/04/2007
94-07 Nestle Australia Ltd
Nestle - Cheerios - children hiding inside a box
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 10/04/2007
95-07 Castrol Lubricants
Castrol - GTX - cricketer Adam Gilcrist's car overtaken by Barmy Army cricket fans - shown as overweight and pale skinned and sunburnt and described as "mollecular intelligence"
Dismissed 10/04/2007
April 2009
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
91-09 Red Bull Aust Pty Ltd
Red Bull 91/09 - TV ad cartoon native Americans and smoke signals from tipis.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 08/04/2009
92-09 Aboriginal Health & Medical Research Council
Aboriginal Health & Medical Research Council - Billboard slogan "Enjoy the Freedom" graphics include coloured condoms.
Dismissed Health Products Outdoor 08/04/2009
93-09 Skycity Adelaide Pty Ltd
Skycity Adelaide Casino (93/09) - Print ad portrays an african/americal male who is named 'Jack' playing black jack.
Dismissed Gambling Print 08/04/2009
94-09 Leukaemia Foundation
Leukaemia Foundation - TV ad for the World's Greatest Shave Campaign 2009 Chin character speaking mandarin & getting 'aggressive'
Dismissed Other 08/04/2009
July 1998
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
91-98 Centrelink (Youth Allowance)
Centrelink - Youth Allowance
Dismissed Other 14/07/1998
92-98 Kleenheat Gas
Kleenheat Gas - Elderly woman.
Dismissed 14/07/1998
94-98 Kosciusko Thredbo Pty Ltd
Kosciusko Thredbo - Man urinating.
Dismissed 14/07/1998
April 1999
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
91-99 Nintendo Australia Pty Limited
Nintendo - Pokemon Game Boy
Dismissed 13/04/1999
92-99 Big Kart Track Ltd
Big Kart Track - "Wear your brown jocks"
Dismissed Entertainment Outdoor 13/04/1999
93-99 Ali Baba Lebanese Cuisine & Takeaway
Air Pacific - "Tiny bums"
Dismissed Travel Print 13/04/1999
April 2005
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
92-05 Road Safety Task Force
Road Safety Task Force Tasmania - teenagers interviewed about nominating a designated driver so that the others in the party can get drunk
Dismissed Community Awareness 12/04/2005
93-05 Bolle Australia Pty Ltd
Bolle - Bed - woman in bed between two men, one is smoking
Dismissed Clothing Outdoor 12/04/2005
94-05 Lever Rexona
Lever Rexona - Lynx Touch - women seem sexually aroused in response to a man's actions
Dismissed Toiletries 12/04/2005
April 2008
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
92-08 Coopers Brewery Ltd
Coopers Brewery - Pale Ale - two geishas, one playing instrument and one has glass of beer - first one wants the second to share, but the second drinks the whole glass - subtitle "selfish bitch"
Dismissed Alcohol 09/04/2008
March 2010
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
92-10 Britex
Britex TV (92/10) Vacuum cleaner salesman simulates sexual intercourse
Dismissed 10/03/2010
94-10 Australian Pork Corporation
Australian Pork Pay TV (94/10). Women porked her boyfriend and was going to pork him again tonight
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Pay 10/03/2010
March 2007
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
93-07 Thoroughbred Racing South Australia (SA) Limited
Thoroughbred Racing SA - Adelaide Cup 2007 (Print) - woman holding whip
Dismissed Print 13/03/2007
April 2002
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
95-02 Tourism Queensland
Tourism Qld - images of tropical North Qld. Lyrics "Get on up. Stay on the scene. Like a loving machine" - woman in nightie jumps onto man in bed
Dismissed Travel 22/04/2002
May 2005
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort ascending Category Media Determination date
95-05 Jenny Craig Weight Loss Centres Pty Ltd
Jenny Craig - Use of the term "old housewives"
Dismissed 10/05/2005

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