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E.g., 10/08/2022
March 2000
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Media Determination datesort descending
45-00 Cancer Foundation of Western Australia Inc
Cancer Foundation of WA - National Skin Cancer Prevention Programme - 'Timebomb'
Dismissed Community Awareness 14/03/2000
46-00 Seven Network Ltd (i7)
Seven Network - 'Cold Feet' - rear view of naked man with rose between buttocks
Dismissed Media Outdoor 14/03/2000
47-00 Pizza Haven
Pizza Haven - attacks on rival pizza delivery drivers
Dismissed 14/03/2000
48-00 Ansett Australia
Ansett Airlines - boy on bicycle at roof-top edge
Dismissed Travel 14/03/2000
49-00 Riverina Marine Centre
Riverina Marine Centre
Dismissed Retail 14/03/2000
50-00 Ashley & Martin
Ashley & Martin - 'Improve your roots'
Dismissed Radio 14/03/2000
51-00 WorkCover New South Wales
WorkCover NSW - 'He didn't give a stuff about his employees'
Dismissed Community Awareness 14/03/2000
54-00 Andy Arvanitis Mechanical Repairs
Andy Arvanitis Mechanical Repairs - lingerie
Dismissed Cinema 14/03/2000
55-00 Transport Accident Commission
Transport Accident Commission - 'frigging taxi'
Dismissed Community Awareness 14/03/2000
57-00 Sydney Morning Herald (The)
Sydney Morning Herald - male homosexual
Dismissed Media 14/03/2000
58-00 Sydney Morning Herald (The)
Sydney Morning Herald - Ku Klux Klan
Dismissed Media 14/03/2000
60-00 Select Kitchens
Select Kitchens - 2 print ads
Dismissed Print 14/03/2000
61-00 Budget Eyewear Aust Pty Ltd
Budget Eyewear - no seat belt
Dismissed Retail 14/03/2000
63-00 McDonald's Aust Ltd
McDonald's - McFlurry - teenage schoolgirl told exchange student has arrived - she doesn't want to share bedroom till she finds out it's a boy
Dismissed 14/03/2000
64-00 Target Australia Pty Ltd
Target - catalogue - pages 8 and 9 - girls and boys in adult poses
Dismissed Retail Print 14/03/2000
65-00 National Expert Advisory Committee on Tobacco
National Expert Advisory Committee on Tobacco - 'Tumour'
Dismissed Community Awareness 14/03/2000
66-00 Courts Admininstration Authority
Courts Admin Authority - Fine Payment Unit - 'Pay now or pay through the nose later'
Dismissed Community Awareness 14/03/2000
67-00 McElwaine's Fabrics Pty Ltd
McElwaine's Fabrics - 'Attention, Ladies'
Dismissed Retail 14/03/2000
68-00 Central West Automotive
Central West Automotive - legs of woman wearing short skirt and high heels - 'Easy Finance'
Dismissed Retail Print 14/03/2000
69-00 One.Tel Limited
One.Tel - new baby hospital scene - 'Tell your parents it's a baby girl'
Dismissed Telecommunications Print 14/03/2000
70-00 United Distillers & Vintners (Aust.) Ltd
United Distillers - UDL- 6 pack - 'The Magnificent Seven'
Dismissed Alcohol 14/03/2000
72-00 Sydney Morning Herald (The)
Sydney Morning Herald - Chris O'Halloran on technology and religion
Dismissed Media 14/03/2000
73-00 Mitsubishi Motors Aust Ltd
Mitsubishi - Magna - impotent man
Dismissed 14/03/2000
74-00 Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd
Nine Network - 'Compulsive Viewing' - Flasher Jamie Dunn & B105 FM Morning Crew
Dismissed Media Print 14/03/2000
76-00 Crows Nest Mainstreet
Crows Nest Mainstreet - 'Faaark! Over 110 places to eat at Crowie' and 'There are so many place to eat at Crows Nest!'
Dismissed Community Awareness Outdoor 14/03/2000
78-00 Royal Automobile Club of WA Inc
RAC WA - A child locked in a vehicle will be released after 12 minute call response
Dismissed Travel 14/03/2000
79-00 Windsor Smith Pty Ltd
Windsor Smith - woman sitting on chair, jacket open to expose breasts, with man standing between her legs holding a shoe at penis level to her mouth
Upheld - Not Modified or Discontinued Clothing Outdoor 14/03/2000
86-00 Nestle Confectionery
Nestle - Kit Kat - Baby mop
Dismissed 14/03/2000
March 2000
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Media Determination datesort descending
432-99 Fury Ford
Fury Ford - - "Fair dinkum battlers"
Dismissed 17/03/2000
April 2000
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Media Determination datesort descending
148-00 McDonald's Aust Ltd
McDonald's - Big Mac - Ouija board
Dismissed 09/04/2000
April 2000
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Media Determination datesort descending
101-00 eVentures Holdings Pty Ltd
eVentures (E-Loan - plumber)
Dismissed Finance/Investment 11/04/2000
102-00 Clifton & Associates
Clifton & Associates - Ayer's Rock (Uluru) upside down
Dismissed Employment Outdoor 11/04/2000
104-00 Flowers for the Soul
Flowers for the soul (Cigarette)
Dismissed Other Outdoor 11/04/2000
105-00 Clarks Shoes Ltd
Clarks Shoes - Hush Puppies - cross-dresser
Dismissed Clothing 11/04/2000
106-00 Lismore City Speedway
Lismore City Speedway - 'bugger'
Dismissed 11/04/2000
107-00 Sancella Pty Ltd
Sancella - Libra Invisible - man dressed as bride; punctured waterbed repaired with Libra
Dismissed Toiletries 11/04/2000
108-00 Roadshow Film Distributors Pty Ltd
Roadshow - "Scream 3"
Dismissed Entertainment 11/04/2000
109-00 Blockbuster Aust Ltd
Blockbuster Video - sounds of trickling water and flushing lavatory - 'Big Daddy'
Dismissed Retail Radio 11/04/2000
112-00 Bras n' Things
Bras 'n' Things - Winter 2000 Catalogue - 'What ya gonna wear?'
Dismissed Clothing Print 11/04/2000
114-00 HomeStart
HomeStart -"We had to sell the kids yesterday, the place we're renting doesn't allow animals!"
Dismissed Finance/Investment Print 11/04/2000
115-00 Ross Island Hotel
Ross Island Hotel (Massive Stock Clearance)
Dismissed Retail Print 11/04/2000
116-00 Holeproof
Holeproof - Underdaks Pocket - wedding and lost ring
Dismissed Clothing 11/04/2000
120-00 WorkCover Corporation
WorkCover Corp - dead man and daughter voiceover
Dismissed Community Awareness 11/04/2000
121-00 Valvoline (Aust) Pty Ltd
Valvoline - 2 men talking about cars and women
Dismissed Hardware/Machinery TV - Pay 11/04/2000
59-00 Hotshots Management Pty Ltd
Hotshots Management - Sydney Hotshots - male strippers
Dismissed Entertainment 11/04/2000
80-00 Light Factory (The)
Light Factory - noose from light fitting - Lights out'
Dismissed Retail 11/04/2000
81-00 Paul Wakeling Motors
Paul Wakeling Motors - 'Choose your weapon!'
Dismissed Retail Print 11/04/2000
82-00 Big Flower Super Nursery
Big Flower - (82/00)- naked black woman holding bottle with sun decal coming out of top, surrounded by wares, including a flower pot balancing on her buttocks
Dismissed Retail Print 11/04/2000
83-00 Sara Lee Apparel Group
Sara Lee Apparel - Wonderbra - 3 advertisements: 'Get off here', 'Am I keeping you up?', 'By the way, my eyes are blue'
Dismissed Clothing Outdoor 11/04/2000
84-00 ThompsonConnect Worldwide
ThompsonConnect - 3 pictures, each with pierced and ringed body-part (ears, tongues, breasts)
Dismissed Print 11/04/2000

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