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August 1999
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort ascending Media Determination date
269-99 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota - Hilux - Various sporting scenes.
Dismissed 10/08/1999
271-99 Kellogg (Aust) Pty Ltd
Kellogg - LCM Bars - woman in greenhouse gets eaten by Venus flytrap plant; man hanging out washing gets swooped away by giant bird
Dismissed 10/08/1999
June 2002
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104-02 Land Rover Australia
Land Rover - Discovery "Spear" - man in river fly-fishing, another man naked, carries a spear. "Been anywhere interesting lately?" Landrover travelling through water'
Dismissed 11/06/2002
May 2004
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107-04 Tricon Restaurants International
Tricon - KFC Twister Wrap - women break up with boyfriends in favour of Twister Wraps
Dismissed 11/05/2004
February 2003
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11-03 Reckitt Benckiser (Aust) Pty Ltd
Reckitt Benckiser - Mortein - Fly says 'Jeez'.
Dismissed 11/02/2003
October 2004
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278-04 Nestle Australia Ltd
Nestle - Peters Drumstick - Loaded - man fast forwarding thru video of his life- underwear-clad girl walks into bedroom, voiceover "just the best bits"
Dismissed 12/10/2004
280-04 Mercedes-Benz Aust/Pacific P/L
DaimlerChrysler - Mercedes Benz - Karma - Buddist monks driving, swerving to avoid killing insects
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued 12/10/2004
May 2002
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121-02 Nestle Australia Ltd
Nestle - Kit Kat - 'The biggest finger yet'.
Dismissed Outdoor 14/05/2002
May 2003
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124-03 Ricoh Australia Pty Ltd
Ricoh - pregnant black woman, with white man and coloured child "Colour should be shared - all naked
Dismissed Print 13/05/2003
April 2006
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort ascending Media Determination date
127-06 Jamba! GmbH
Jamba - Jamster - naked girls rubbing bodies, blonde in shower with water nozzle caressing breasts.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued 11/04/2006
March 2005
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30-05 Volkswagen Group Australia Pty Limited
Volkswagen - Golf 1.6 Trendline - crowd of people in a stationary car "Now everyone can get into a Volkswagen"
Dismissed Print 08/03/2005
June 2001
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139-01 Melbourne Museum
Melbourne Museum - naked man lying down (tram posters)
Dismissed Transport 12/06/2001
August 2008
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309-08 Barkley's Advertising
Barkley's - Fone Works - Girl in black & white maids apron on phone in a kitchen shows buttocks with just g-string
Dismissed 13/08/2008
June 2005
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156-05 Reckitt Benckiser (Aust) Pty Ltd
Reckitt Benckiser - Harpic - mother with newborn baby, visitors come over to see new baby, one visiting woman goes to the toilet and notices the toilet is clean. "What does your loo say about you?"
Dismissed 14/06/2005
November 2000
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324-00 TMCA Daihatsu Division
Daihatsu - Terios - 'for the woman who wants to be on top'
Dismissed 14/11/2000
February 2005
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327-04 Blackbutt Hotel
Blackbutt Hotel - waiter advises no smoking in one bistro, but you CAN smoke in the other
Dismissed 08/02/2005
July 2009
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333-09 Solahart
Solahart TVC Naked woman in shower with her back facing viewer with side of her breast clearly shown.
Dismissed 22/07/2009
October 1999
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343-99 Ric's Pizza Bar
Ric's Pizza Bar - "Get stuffed"
Dismissed 12/10/1999
June 2003
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176-03 Volkswagen Group Australia Pty Limited
Volkswagen - Passat - 'While you are rocketing along in air-conditioned comfort'.
Dismissed Print 10/06/2003
December 2004
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348-04 Taubmans Pty Ltd
Taubmans - Print - images thru microscope of baby's bottom and teflon slide "It's the Teflon that makes walls silky smooth and easy to clean"
Dismissed Print 07/12/2004

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