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December 2003
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort ascending Media Determination date
430-03 Freedom Furniture Ltd
Freedom Furniture - girl talking about African-style furniture
Dismissed 09/12/2003
November 2006
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort ascending Media Determination date
431-06 Central Fitness Pty Ltd
Central Fitness - torso of woman wearing black leotart and green sports bra top leaning forward holding dumbbell behind her in right hand
Dismissed Outdoor 14/11/2006
433-06 Pilates Canberra
Pilates - women in gymwear pole-dancing for exercise
Dismissed 14/11/2006
434-06 McDonald's Aust Ltd
McDonald's - dietician in lab explains to young Macca's employees nutritional info on packaging - when they see two techs eating McDonald's and ask what they're testingshe replies "That's not a test - that's lunch".
Dismissed 14/11/2006
435-06 Nissan Motor Co (Aust) Pty Ltd
Nissan - 350Z - internet - female model wearing red leather jacket & skirt -magnifying glass hovers over her thighs - move the mouse to reveal what's underneath - image changes to car
Dismissed Internet 14/11/2006
439-06 Mitre 10 (Australia) Pty Ltd
Mitre 10 - Dial A Dad - real Dad painting garage finds his son playing cricket in backyard with a stranger who explains he's from Dial-a-Dad
Dismissed 14/11/2006
447-06 Midalia Steel Pty Ltd
Midalia Steel - dog chases cat around steel warehouse finally cornering cat as it attempts to run out the door, by pressing button to close the door and trap the cat
Dismissed 14/11/2006
453-06 Holden Ltd
Holden - Captiva - car speeding over rooftops, buildings, in a reckless and menacing fashion - seven occupants bail out to safety
Dismissed 14/11/2006
454-06 McDonald's Aust Ltd
McDonald's - $5 Feed - choir sings "not since his cheating girlfriend has he felt so satisfied"
Dismissed 14/11/2006
November 2008
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431-08 Johnson & Johnson Pacific Pty Ltd
Johnson & Johnson - baby bath solution - baby's cot has bumpers
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued TV - Pay 12/11/2008
438-08 Advertising Advantage
Advertising Advantage - Girls Gone Wild - girl puts hand down front of her underwear
Dismissed 12/11/2008
444-08 Harley-Davidson South West
Harley-Davidson South West - drag motorbikes 'we must go faster'
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued 12/11/2008
449-08 Suzuki Australia Pty Limited
Suzuki - Vitara - driven through various city, beach & rural scenes
Dismissed 12/11/2008
451-08 Mercedes-Benz Aust/Pacific P/L
Mercedes-Benz - Vito Van - reference to large nosed jew
Dismissed 12/11/2008
March 2000
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432-99 Fury Ford
Fury Ford - - "Fair dinkum battlers"
Dismissed 17/03/2000
September 2009
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434-09 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota Rav 4 - 434/09. TV ad which shows all 4 wheels of a vehicle off the ground before it drives down the sand dunes.
Dismissed 23/09/2009
December 2006
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436-06 Saab Automobile Australia Pty Ltd
Saab - 9-3 Manual Sports Sedan - "Pilots Wanted - jet fighter aircraft flying and turning quickly before turning into Saab - car is left with tyre/jet skid marks behind it indicating it has been travelling at high speed
Dismissed Internet 12/12/2006
February 2000
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436-99 AAPT Ltd
AAPT - The AAPT Championship - Tennis
Dismissed Print 08/02/2000
442-99 McDonald's Aust Ltd
McDonald's - McFlurry - schoolboy and mother
Dismissed 08/02/2000
444-99 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota - Bugger of a sale - TV, radio (9) and print (10)
Dismissed 08/02/2000
447-99 Hog's Breath Cafe (Australia) Pty Ltd
Hog's Breath Café - breathalyser scenario - 'pigs'
Dismissed 08/02/2000
448-99 John Fairfax Publications Ltd
John Fairfax - Fairfax Online - "Naked man"
Dismissed 08/02/2000
February 2004
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437-03 Sexpo Pty Ltd
Sexpo - billboard - woman bending over showing buttocks
Dismissed Outdoor 17/02/2004
446-03 Domino's Pizza Australia Pty Ltd
Domino's - girls eating pizza like guys, burping and showing buttocks when opening fridge
Dismissed 17/02/2004
449-03 Nissan Motor Co (Aust) Pty Ltd
Nissan - Pulsar-radio- 'The pricing department hasn't done a bloody thing'
Dismissed Radio 17/02/2004
454-03 Pizza Haven
Pizza Haven - women in swimsuits - men say "can't believe we picked them up so cheap"
Dismissed 17/02/2004
455-03 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota - Rav 4 Compact 4WD - camel driving up steps of public building
Dismissed 17/02/2004
456-03 Subway Sandwiches & Salads
Subway - Cubic Zirconia-wife doesn't know ring is cubic zirconia
Dismissed 17/02/2004
October 2009
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439-09 Techtronic Industries Australia
Techtronic Industries - (439/09) TV "Tools you want to use" father kicks ball out of sight so he can play with his Ryobi electric drill rather than son
Dismissed 14/10/2009
441-09 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota - Corolla (441/09) TV cheap service bills with "dwarf sitting in car to represent small $ bill
Dismissed 14/10/2009
449-09 Angus & Coote Jewellers
Angus & Coote - (449/09)naked woman photographed from waist up on poster with long hair covering breasts
Dismissed 14/10/2009
455-09 Ford Motor Co of Aust Ltd
Ford Motor Co. (Mondeo)455/09. TV ad that shows lady driving with German Shepherd in passenger seat possibly unrestrained.
Dismissed 14/10/2009
456-09 Advanced Medical Institute
AMI - (456/09)Radio (end to your suffering)nasal delivery technique
Dismissed Radio 14/10/2009
March 2001
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44-01 Pizza Haven
Pizza Haven - Pan Bake Pizza - 'no oily residue'
Dismissed 13/03/2001
45-01 Wattyl Australia Group
Wattyl - Wattyl paint - fight scenario
Dismissed 13/03/2001
March 2003
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44-03 Mitsubishi Motors Aust Ltd
Mitsubishi - Pajero - speeding over desert track.
Dismissed 11/03/2003
March 2005
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44-05 Parmalat Australia Ltd
Parmalat - Ice Break - young men and the revving of car engines along with the sound squealing rubber
Dismissed Radio 08/03/2005
February 2007
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44-07 Genesis Fitness
Genesis Fitness - Fat Arse Fighters Club - get rid of the "fat arse"
Dismissed Radio 13/02/2007
January 2008
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441-07 Trend Micro Australia
Trend Micro - PC-cillin Internet Security - old man depicted as typical website paedophile
Dismissed Print 16/01/2008
442-07 Global One Mobile Entertainment
Global One - My Happy Ending - SMS COME to 1970 6666 - amateur women "come" on your mobile
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued 16/01/2008
444-07 Rugby WA
Rugby WA - Sydneysider tells WA "Your Emirates Western Force has less support than my 12 year old daughter's training bra"
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued 16/01/2008
448-07 BSR Group
BSR Group - Betta Electrical - baby Jesus throwing gifts back at the wise men
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued 16/01/2008
449-07 Bridgestone Tyres Australia Ltd
Bridgestone - Turanza Tyres - father pacifies crying child by taking it on a drive
Dismissed 16/01/2008
451-07 Global One Mobile Entertainment
Global One - Mobile Active - Home Babe Auditions SMS PEEP to 1994 9999 - scantily clad women lying on top of each other on a bed, and a closeup of a small bikini with the wearer's fingers moving around in a sexual way
Dismissed 16/01/2008
454-07 Jamba! GmbH
Jamba - Jamster - Duncan the drunken reindeer singing Silent Night, wearing belt with bells hanging from it
Dismissed 16/01/2008
December 2008
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442-08 Harvey Norman
Harvey Norman - TV - Cooking Sale with woman in apron in kitchen
Dismissed 10/12/2008
March 2004
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45-04 Stuart Alexander & Co Pty Ltd
Stuart Alexander - Mentos Cool Chews - dog kisses man on mouth
Dismissed 09/03/2004
February 2010
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45-10 Nightingale Funerals
Nightingale Funerals (45/10) Radio. Female-run funeral company emphasising that you need a woman to get things done
Dismissed Radio 10/02/2010
May 1998
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45-98 Streets Ice Cream
Unilever - Streets - Magnum - Ego - "Garden of Eden"
Dismissed 12/05/1998
November 2008
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454-08 Telstra Corporation Ltd
Telstra Corp - New parents talk via video link on mobile phone from the maternity ward
Dismissed 26/11/2008

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