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April 2008
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73-08 Hungry Jacks
Hungry Jacks - Kids Club meals - Golden Compass movie promo
Dismissed 09/04/2008
April 2002
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79-02 Pepsico Australia Holdings Pty Ltd
Pepsi-Cola - professional wrestlers - one headbutted, and in vision sees himself choosing Pepsi over Coke. He wakes up to find he's kissing opponent, so headbutts him
Dismissed 09/04/2002
May 2004
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84-04 Freedom Furniture Ltd
Freedom Furniture - 3 women dressed as African hunters carry half-naked man on pole
Dismissed 11/05/2004
February 2001
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9-01 Schweppes Cottee's
Schweppes Cottee's - Solo - Bin Surfin' - male jogger gets thirsty and rides green wheelie bin down hill and gulps Solo in one hit
Dismissed 13/02/2001
April 2003
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92-03 Saab Automobile Australia Pty Ltd
Saab - 9-3 Sport - silver car skids.
Dismissed 08/04/2003
September 2005
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242-05 Holden Ltd
Holden - Astra Coupe & Wagon - 2 TV ads - (1) naked couple (genitals obscured) leave house, drive car & walk amongst shoppers who are clearly startled (2) naked couple drive to charity bin to dump clothes not needed anymore
Dismissed 13/09/2005
August 1999
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245-99 The Uncle Tobys Co Ltd
Uncle Toby's - Le Big Snack - "NZ football team"
Dismissed Radio 10/08/1999
258-99 Sony Computer Entertainment Aust Pty Ltd
Sony Computer Entertainment - Syphon Filter
Dismissed 10/08/1999
August 2003
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249-03 Hans Continental Smallgoods Pty Ltd
Hans Smallgoods - man with arrow through head.
Dismissed 12/08/2003
July 2006
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254-06 Partymob.com.au
Partymob.com.au - Jordan Uncovered 260356 - naked blond woman holding hand over breast - "Play against tricky Energy Fluctuation to unlock your little sweetie!"
Dismissed Print 11/07/2006
July 2009
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257-09 Panasonic (Aust) Pty Ltd
Panasonic 257/09 - TV ad afor Lumix Camera with Paramedics looking through the camera of a dead man killed in accident.
Dismissed 08/07/2009
November 2002
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260-02 Ateco Automotive Pty Limited
Ateco- Alfa Romeo 156 GTA - Billboard adjacent to RTA sign - 'Don't let life pass you by.'
Dismissed Outdoor 12/11/2002
February 2006
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27-06 Holden Ltd
Holden - Australia Week Sale - "Hewsy (Melbourne comedian) in front of beach marquee surrounded by Australian flags cooking a BBQ - he calls "come and get it" and camera pulls back and we see beach is deserted
Dismissed 14/02/2006
374-05 Mike Carney Toyota
Mike Carney Toyota - Nobody's Used Cars - girl in pink dress, sits in one of the cars and has an orgasm - tells salesman it was great and she'll take it
Dismissed 14/02/2006
October 2005
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272-05 NSW Rugby Union Ltd
NSW Rugby Union - Tooheys New Cup - Eastwood players scoring a try then can of beer appears to right of screen
Dismissed TV - Pay 11/10/2005
February 1999
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283-98 Mistral International
Mistral International - "Down under grill by Black & Decker"
Dismissed 09/02/1999
315-98 Modern Group of Companies
Modern Group of Companies - "Chicken on a spit."
Dismissed 09/02/1999
2-99 Shortland Wetlands Centre
Shortland Wetlands Centre - "Family enjoying a day at the wetlands"
Dismissed 09/02/1999
November 2001
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287-01 TEAC Aust Pty Ltd
TEAC - 2 ads - Reference 100 'Personally, I prefer small' and Reference 300 'Seriously well equipped' and Micro Systems
Dismissed Outdoor 13/11/2001
February 2002
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29-02 KIA Automotive Australia
KIA - Spectra - woman on bonnet of car - 'What else do you need?'
Dismissed 12/02/2002
April 1998
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30-98 Smith's Snackfood Co Ltd The
Smith's Snackfood - Twisties - "Male guest at cocktail party"
Dismissed 14/04/1998
May 2002
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101-02 LG International Corp.
LG International - 'Super Enz' - laundry detergent - man asks "how hard can it be to throw clothing into washing machine?" Man then chased by angry women
Dismissed 14/05/2002
December 2001
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319-01 Burger King Aust Pty Ltd
Burger King - Xtreme Bacon & Cheese Whopper and Coke - psychotherapy - 'We know what you want'
Dismissed 11/12/2001
October 2006
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330-06 Blinck Mobile
Blinck Mobile - silent ringtones for kids - "Fool your parents and your teachers"
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued 10/10/2006
May 2005
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119-05 Unilever Australasia
Unilever - Omo - Dirt is good - children playing and creating on the beach, collecting sticks etc to create a whale on the sand.
Dismissed 10/05/2005
September 2006
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334-06 Castrol Lubricants
Castrol - Edge - woman in expensive powerful car makes aggressive gesture at man alongside her at traffic lights -he is thrown from the car onto the road
Dismissed 12/09/2006
May 2008
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121-08 McDonald's Aust Ltd
McDonald's - burgers made as you order take no longer to prepare
Dismissed 19/05/2008
November 1999
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340-99 Mitsubishi Motors Aust Ltd
Mitsubishi - Verada - "Woman driving with male passenger"
Dismissed 09/11/1999
June 2001
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128-01 Coca-Cola South Pacific Pty Ltd
Coca-Cola - 'Youth Heartland Night Swim'
Dismissed 12/06/2001
April 2006
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130-06 Ford Dealer Advertising Fund
Ford - Territory - mothers dressed like truckies in 4WDs outside school watch as Territory drives past
Dismissed 11/04/2006
June 2004
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142-04 Holden Ltd
Holden - Adventra - 4WD driven over pristine beaches in Nth Aust
Dismissed 08/06/2004
June 2005
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145-05 Parmalat Australia Ltd
Parmalat - Breaka - man dressed as team mascot for football team is asked "Why do you do that crappy job?" till we see him relaxing as a group of cheerleaders perform in front of him
Dismissed 14/06/2005
December 1999
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378-99 Choice Connections Brisbane Pty Ltd
Choice Connections Brisbane - "Young woman bending down"
Dismissed Print 07/12/1999
June 2000
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157-00 Holden Ltd
Holden - Astra - tarot cards - 'It's a boy thing'
Dismissed 13/06/2000
March 2000
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17-00 Ken Bruce Electrical & Bedding Discounters
Ken Bruce - mad theme
Dismissed 14/03/2000
July 1999
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171-99 Gone Troppo Cruises
Gone Troppo Cruises
Dismissed Radio 13/07/1999
December 2006
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466-06 Mazda Australia Pty Limited
Mazda - Hot Property - "Zoom Zoom" - theme in all ads - dictionary definition of "zoom" is "to move quickly"
Dismissed 12/12/2006
May 1998
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50-98 McDonald's Aust Ltd
McDonald's - "I'm mad about the boy"
Dismissed 12/05/1998
August 2002
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179-02 McDonald's Aust Ltd
McDonald's - McPlayland Happy Meal
Dismissed 12/08/2002
June 2003
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188-03 Yamaha Motor Aust Pty Ltd
Yamaha Motors - 'sex appeal'.
Dismissed 10/06/2003
December 2009
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538-09 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota - (538/09)a man finds bandaid on his lip in spa "bad things happen inside"
Dismissed 09/12/2009
August 2004
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190-04 Atari Australia Pty Ltd
Atari - "Driv3r" - man holding gun out of car window
Dismissed Transport 10/08/2004
March 2001
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55-01 Smith's Snackfood Co Ltd The
Smith's Snackfood - Lay's Potato Chips - 'Digimon'
Dismissed 13/03/2001
November 1998
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193-98 Arthur Yates & Co Ltd
Arthur Yates & Co - Thrive - "It makes everything grow real big"
Dismissed 10/11/1998
April 2001
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58-01 Coca-Cola South Pacific Pty Ltd
Coca-Cola - man sprays people with fire hose and fills van
Dismissed 10/04/2001
September 2002
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205-02 Nestle Australia Ltd
Nestle - Wonka Oompas Sour Bombs - 'Turn your face into a cat's bum'.
Dismissed Print 10/09/2002
March 2007
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71-07 Honda Australia Pty Ltd
Honda - CRV - man on footpath tears off suit to reveal casual attire, crosses road and enters CRV - female joins him and they drive off
Dismissed 13/03/2007
February 2004
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22-04 McDonald's Aust Ltd
McDonald's - Chicken Caesar Salad - girl imagining bingeing on chips & ice cream
Dismissed 17/02/2004
May 2001
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93-01 Watling Roche Lawyers
Watling Roche Lawyers - Thank God we're on your side
Dismissed Outdoor 08/05/2001
November 2010
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0471-10 Fenix Fitness Club
Image of a girl in the bottom left corner of a billboard. She is sitting side-on, naked and has her knees bent . Her long hair covers her breasts and her private parts are not visible.
Dismissed Billboard 24/11/2010

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