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E.g., 20/06/2022
E.g., 20/06/2022
February 2022
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort descending Determination date
0017-22 Newsomes Tyre & Mechanical
This television advertisement features a man in a karate costume performing activities such as opening his uniform to reveal a six-pack, getting a hole in one in golf, Doing a chin-up in the gum with only two fingers on the bar, and running with a football past other football players.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Professional Service TV - Free to Air 02/02/2022
0020-22 Noom
This television advertisement depicts several scenes showing a man eating. A scene then shows him sitting on a couch reading from phone and saying "I was conditioned to finish my plate since childhood?"
Dismissed Slimming TV - Free to Air 02/02/2022
0023-22 Mitsubishi Motors Aust Ltd
This television advertisement features a man picking up an older man by the side of the road next to a broken tractor. The older man looks unhappy. The advertisement follows them on the drive home, and upon getting out of the vehicle the older man is smiling.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 02/02/2022
February 2022
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0031-22 Toyota Motor Corporation Australia
This television advertisement features several scenes including: a woman learning to walk on prosthetic feet, a man holding a football in a locker room, a woman sinking into an ice bath, a person swimming. The advertisement then changes to racing scenes as voiceover states "the more we feel, the more alive we are".
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 23/02/2022
0032-22 Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources
There are five versions of this television advertisement. Version one includes the voice over: Title: 20% less in the last 15 years. Australia’s making positive energy. Which means less emissions. And more jobs. For him, her, oh, and them! Hang on. That’s a cockatoo. (Cockatoo screeches) Yeah, it is exciting.
Dismissed Political or Social Issue TV - Free to Air 23/02/2022
0034-22 Buddybet
This advertisement was part of regular television tennis programming, and shows a man who attended the tennis match while wearing a branded t-shirt.
Dismissed Gambling TV - Free to Air 23/02/2022
0035-22 BHP
This television advertisement refers to the environmental benefits due to the advertisers involvement in production of materials for electric vehicles.
Dismissed Other TV - Free to Air 23/02/2022
0041-22 Subway Franchisee Advertising Fund
This television advertisement features two men in a pool. One if holding a stereo and one is sitting on a giant inflatable subway sandwich.
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 23/02/2022
March 2022
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0045-22 Samsung Electronics Australia Pty Ltd
This advertisement promotes the new Samsung S22 phone and features a woman riding a skateboard and a scooter.
Dismissed Mobile Phone or SMS TV - Free to Air 09/03/2022
0047-22 Energy Australia
This video advertisement features an 'energy' expert speaking on a stage. He says, "In the future we will have renewable, affordable, and reliable energy. Of course that's all many years away". A series of Energy Australia employees then explain that these things are currently available.
Dismissed House Goods Services TV - Free to Air 09/03/2022
0048-22 SA Ambulance Service
This television advertisement features visions of accidents and emergencies, with audio of people making calls to 000 about superficial matters.
Dismissed Community Awareness TV - Free to Air 09/03/2022
0051-22 Brand Developers
This television advertisement features women posing and touching their faces.
Dismissed Toiletries TV - Free to Air 09/03/2022
0052-22 Brand Developers
This television advertisement features a woman selecting a perfume to wear, then getting dressed up and walking down stairs.
Dismissed Toiletries TV - Free to Air 09/03/2022
0055-22 Amazon AU
This television advertisement features a cycling team riding up a hill. One of the team members passes the others on an electric scooter, but he informs them that it's Ok because he got free delivery.
Dismissed Retail TV - Free to Air 09/03/2022
March 2022
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0059-22 Wynstan Blinds
This television advertisement begins with a man introducing himself as Wynstan with a Y. He walks out from behind a prop wall and it becomes clear he is naked, although his genitals are hidden behind a variety of objects.
Dismissed House Goods Services TV - Free to Air 23/03/2022
0061-22 SA Police
This television advertisement begins with a series of scenarios where senior drivers are involved in driving mishaps. Alternative means of transportation are then shown.
Dismissed Community Awareness TV - Free to Air 23/03/2022
April 2022
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0070-22 Suncorp Ltd
This television advertisement features a man lying on a couch crying as he watches videos relating to climate change. He says, 'We're doomed". Another man sitting in the room is handed a guitar and begins to sing.
Dismissed Finance/Investment TV - Free to Air 13/04/2022
0071-22 Buddybet
This television advertisement features a bride throwing a bouquet to a group of women behind her. A voice-over describes the scene like it is a horse race.
Dismissed Gambling TV - Free to Air 13/04/2022
0072-22 Repco Ltd
This television advertisement features a tyre spinning in the sand. A voice-over says, "oh yeah, a nice bit of sand between the tyre tread".
Dismissed Automotive TV - Free to Air 13/04/2022
0075-22 Cancer Council Victoria
This television advertisement features a young girl walking down a street with visible junk food advertising. The girl is then pelted with food and drink as she continues to walk.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Community Awareness TV - Free to Air 13/04/2022
April 2022
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0078-22 The Firm Gentlemens Club
This television advertisement depicts several woman in bras, garter belts and g-strings dancing around poles and with each other.
Dismissed Sex Industry TV - Free to Air 27/04/2022
0088-22 OTR
This television advertisement features a man looking at his phone with the OTR app open on it, and rubbing it on his shirt to clean the screen. A genie then appears in the seat next to him and explains that if he scans the QR code and presses the button in the app he can save.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Retail TV - Free to Air 27/04/2022
February 2018
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0013-18 KMart Australia Ltd
Two people from different families decorating their home with Kmart Christmas decorations in a split screen.
Dismissed Retail Internet - Social - Facebook 07/02/2018
0032-18 National Australia Bank Ltd
The advertisement showed children being incorrectly restrained in a car.
Dismissed Finance/Investment Internet - Social - Facebook 07/02/2018
February 2017
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0026-17 Machine Zone
The video ad presents a fictitious scenario where two groups of women are engaged in a military battle (on their phones). Ad subtitle: 'You Have to Take a Look'. The main protagonist is portrayed as Mrs President, while others are portrayed as 'intel officers' and 'military personnel'. All characters are wearing revealing clothing, and no words are spoken by the characters. The ad concludes with the words 'Mobile Strike' superimposed over images of the characters' almost-bare bottoms, followed by a final Schwarzenegger-style voiceover.
Dismissed Toys and Games Internet - Social - Facebook 08/02/2017
0032-17 Logan Law
The post is an advertisement for legal services offered by Logan Law using extreme sexual connotations to relate to having a vehicle hit another vehicle from behind with the usage of hashtags such as "#steveo #hollyweed #loganlaw #smashedhardfrombehind #coppedoneinthebumper #beenrearendedlately #penetratingbrisbane #takenoneinthetailpipe".
Dismissed Professional Services Internet - Social - Facebook 08/02/2017
0035-17 Anytime Fitness
The advertising is a new campaign by Anytime Fitness to market their gym memberships and new gym exercise app.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Sport and Leisure Internet - Social - Facebook 08/02/2017
0044-17 Ultra Tune Australia
Two scantily clad women who are portrayed as silly and naive have trouble when their car catches on fire; cue a sexualised montage where they try to put it out using fire extinguishers, inevitably getting the foam over themselves more than the car. They then run away before it blows up, when it does they get splattered with oil, this does not harm them (which is completely inaccurate because in abnormal situation it would burn them). A man in an auto tune truck arrives to save the day.
Dismissed Automotive Internet - Social - Facebook 08/02/2017
0051-17 Brand Collective
I am looking for back to school shoes for my kids not pornographic images with models wearing nothing but shoes.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Clothing Internet - Social - Facebook 08/02/2017
March 2019
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0061-19 Yum Restaurants International
Facebook advertisement featuring a video - 'Last summer bucketheads gave us inspo' then slideshow that included children with KFC buckets on their heads, last frame had 'show us your #bucketheads' inviting people to interact.
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue Internet - Social - Facebook 06/03/2019
February 2018
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0074-18 Holden Ltd
This appears to be a facebook campaign by Holden, whether through ignorance or deliberately shifting blame onto other road users. You need to use a touch sensitive screen (it works on an iphone) and shows a cyclist about to hit a suddenly opened door, with text suggesting it's a 'mistake'. In fact, it's a very serious offence and has killed three cyclists in Melbourne alone in recent years. In two cases, the negligent driver opened the door and the cyclist was knocked under a passing truck. It is one of the most common causes of injury to urban riders.
Dismissed Vehicle Internet - Social - Facebook 21/02/2018
March 2018
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0085-18 Mr Wongs Hydraulics
The promotion material is RACIST and insulting. The image of the cartoon man is offensive and the tag line mocks those from the Asian community,
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Automotive Internet - Social - Facebook 07/03/2018
0105-18 Nando's Australia Pty Ltd
The advert states to celebrate the relaunch of Nandos Nedlands they are offering free lunch from 11am - 2pm.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Food/Bev Venue Internet - Social - Facebook 07/03/2018
April 2019
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0101-19 Myer Pty Ltd
A girl excitedly holding up her personalised Creme Egg tin filled with creme eggs (two bags of minis, one large creme egg)
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries Internet - Social - Facebook 17/04/2019
March 2018
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0127-18 Universal Pictures
128 second video trailer advertising an upcoming feature film due for release in Australian cinemas on 29/03/2018 entitled “Blockers”. In the opening scene of the advertisement a male adult who is nursing an infant enters a bedroom where an adult female is sitting up in bed working on a laptop computer, the scene cuts forward a few seconds and it seems the infant is no longer present in the room. The male, using North American English, informs the female that while he was doing the washing he located some female undergarments.
Dismissed Entertainment Internet - Social - Facebook 21/03/2018
April 2018
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0141-18 ALDI Australia
It depicts smoking cigarettes in the advertisement.https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1919250404799118&id=290994417624733The above is a link to the original post.I also have a screenshot.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries Internet - Social - Facebook 11/04/2018
June 2019
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0177-19 Tabcorp Holdings Limited
The video advertisement on Facebook was from TAB advertising betting on the upcoming State of Origin. The ad features Anthony Minichello and Trevor Gilmeister as ex State of Origin NRL players. A series of die hard fans prove how committed they are to their teams.
Dismissed Gambling Internet - Social - Facebook 26/06/2019
May 2016
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0193-16 Vodka Plus
Post on Vodka Plus Facebook page: man lying on his stomach on a bed with a plate of cake balanced on his back.  Woman in white lingerie sat next to him.  Text reads, Have your cake and eat it.
Dismissed Alcohol Internet - Social - Facebook 11/05/2016
0194-16 Vodka Plus
Post on Vodka Plus Facebook page: man and woman in lingerie embracing.  Text reads, How many grams did you save?
Dismissed Alcohol Internet - Social - Facebook 11/05/2016
0195-16 Vodka Plus
Post on Vodka Plus Facebook page: image of a woman in a bikini lying on her back with her finger against her lips and her eyes closed. The text description reads, "Rosanna Arkle knows where it's at!"
Dismissed Alcohol Internet - Social - Facebook 11/05/2016
0196-16 Vodka Plus
Post on Vodka Plus Facebook page: a man in a suit embraces a woman in lacy lingerie and high heeled shows. The text description reads, "We tick all the boxes: no carbs, no sugars, triple distilled, ready to drink, infused electrolyte blend".
Dismissed Alcohol Internet - Social - Facebook 11/05/2016
April 2016
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0197-16 Unilever Australasia
A series of different groups of people are shown drinking Bushells tea in different locations - a beach, a mountain, a veranda, a bedroom, a kitchen.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries Internet - Social - Facebook 27/04/2016
May 2018
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0216-18 McDonald's Aust Ltd
Video and text 'Bring home all the fun from Mr McGregor's vegetable garden. Each week there's a different Peter Rabbit toy to collect, free with every Happy Meal. So hop on into Macca's before they run away and see Peter Rabbit in cinemas now.'
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue Internet - Social - Facebook 09/05/2018
May 2016
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0223-16 Vitaco Health Australia Pty Ltd
The advert opens with a shot of a woman in a swimsuit exiting a pool. It then cuts to a close-up of a man staring at the woman. The camera then cuts to a mid-shot of the woman unzipping her swimsuit to reveal her cleavage, before cutting to a shot of her bikini-clad bottom wriggling out of the swimsuit. The camera then cuts to the man who continues to stare at the woman as she showers and takes off her bikini top.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries Internet - Social - Facebook 25/05/2016
May 2017
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0236-17 Sportsbet
On Facebook it is: We’re STILL putting the ‘Roid in Android
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Gambling Internet - Social - Facebook 24/05/2017
June 2016
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0239-16 McDonald's Aust Ltd
We are writing to complain about an advertisement featured on the McDonald's Australia Face book page. The advertisement, posted on 2 May 2016 at 10:00pm, is for a promotion whereby a free Happy Meal is provided to customers who purchase a Create Your Taste meal (the Promotion).
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue Internet - Social - Facebook 08/06/2016
May 2018
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0253-18 The West Australian
Picture of a man lying on the ground being mauled by a lion. https://imgur.com/a/NnieOOL
Dismissed Media Internet - Social - Facebook 23/05/2018
June 2018
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0286-18 Mondelez International
The TVC was a Facebook post a promoting 'buy any 2 blocks of chocolate and redeem free games board at Woolworths.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries Internet - Social - Facebook 20/06/2018
July 2017
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0289-17 Frucor Beverages Australia
Depicting breasts with lemons.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries Internet - Social - Facebook 12/07/2017
July 2016
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0299-16 Mondelez Australia Pty Ltd
The advertisement is for Cadbury Dairy Milk with Oreo and was released on Facebook (on the Cadbury Dairy Milk page at https://www.facebook.com/CadburyDairyMilkAustralia/?fref=ts)
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries Internet - Social - Facebook 27/07/2016

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