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March 2000
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort ascending Media Determination date
60-00 Select Kitchens
Select Kitchens - 2 print ads
Dismissed Print 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
April 2001
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort ascending Media Determination date
60-01 Kellogg (Aust) Pty Ltd
Kellogg - Special K - 'making love with the light on'
Dismissed 10/04/2001
61-01 Streets Ice Cream
Unilever - Streets - Blue Ribbon - Extras
Dismissed 10/04/2001
65-01 Ashley & Martin
Ashley & Martin - Amorous couple talking
Dismissed Radio 10/04/2001
66-01 Ford Motor Co of Aust Ltd
Ford - Falcon Sedan XR8 - 'Lightning Fast'
Dismissed 10/04/2001
68-01 Night Train Theatre Restaurant
Night Train Theatre Restaurant
Dismissed 10/04/2001
March 2003
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60-03 Blue Haven Pools & Spas Pty Ltd
Blue Haven Pools & Spas - elephant falls through floor.
Dismissed 11/03/2003
April 2004
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60-04 National Rugby League Ltd
NRL - Qld footballer releasing cane toads into NSW
Dismissed 13/04/2004
61-04 Nestle Confectionery
Nestle - Allen's Minties - dog looking for place to urinate, chooses the leg of man bus stop - girl offers Mintie to him to cheer him up with caption "it's moments like these you need Minties"
Dismissed 13/04/2004
62-04 BPAY Pty Ltd
BPAY - win a maid for a month - ethnic accent Maria Consuela Guadelope
Dismissed Radio 13/04/2004
66-04 Red Bull Aust Pty Ltd
Red Bull - pigeon poops on guy's head - he shoots with catapult then kicks bird
Dismissed 13/04/2004
67-04 Mitsubishi Motors Aust Ltd
Mitsubishi - Lancer VR-X - rally-type grapics but when mud washes off decals a commercial sedan is revealed
Dismissed 13/04/2004
March 1999
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60-99 Big Kart Track Ltd
Big Kart Track - "What the ----!"
Dismissed 09/03/1999
61-99 Mitsubishi Motors Aust Ltd
Mitsubishi - Magna - "Another Magna to the showroom"
Dismissed 09/03/1999
62-99 Honda Australia Pty Ltd
Honda - HR-V
Dismissed Print 09/03/1999
64-99 Kellogg (Aust) Pty Ltd
Kellogg - Sultana Bran
Dismissed 09/03/1999
January 2010
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort ascending Media Determination date
600-09 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota - Prado 4WD (600/09) Print. Fallen Tree in front: proceed with caution.
Dismissed Print 20/01/2010
April 2003
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort ascending Media Determination date
61-03 Unilever Australasia
Unilever - Flora ProActiv margarine - man falls from bridge-bungee jump.
Dismissed 08/04/2003
65-03 Battlefield Sports
Battlefield Sports - Laser Skirmish
Dismissed 08/04/2003
67-03 Douwe Egberts Australia
Douwe Egberts - Moccona - 'Exotic' black man speaks with English accent.
Dismissed 08/04/2003
69-03 Mitsubishi Motors Aust Ltd
Mitsubishi - Outlander - group in car singing about being 'high'.
Dismissed 08/04/2003
March 2006
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort ascending Media Determination date
61-06 Ford Motor Co of Aust Ltd
Ford - Falcon - young boy playing slot car racing enjoying cars crashing, however when Ford stays on track he pouts and gets disappointed at not witnessing another prang
Dismissed 14/03/2006
62-06 Holden Ltd
Holden - Rodeo - couple in bed, wife asks husband "What is your ultimate fantasy?" and he answers "A Holden Rodeo". Woman asks "Is that all?" Man thinks inwardly of driving rodeo with young woman (not his wife) and ends with her washing his car
Dismissed 14/03/2006
64-06 Nissan Motor Co (Aust) Pty Ltd
Nissan - Tiida - woman (actress Kim Cattrall from Sex & The City) on phone speaking with sexual innuendo about her car
Dismissed 14/03/2006
February 2009
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort ascending Media Determination date
61-09 Advanced Medical Institute
AMI - 61/09 -TV- Toe-curling, sheet shredding, faking it, better love
Dismissed 11/02/2009
63-09 Advanced Medical Institute
AMI - 63/09 (radio) Man & woman talking and mention reaching the big O
Dismissed Radio 11/02/2009
April 2005
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort ascending Media Determination date
62-05 Nissan Motor Co (Aust) Pty Ltd
Nissan - Maxima - "goes from zero to demerit points with effortless ease - It could carry you straight to the magistrate's court"
Dismissed Print 12/04/2005
65-05 Optomeyes Optometrists
Optomeyes - right glasses guarantee sexual success
Dismissed 12/04/2005
67-05 Advanced Medical Institute
AMI - radio - Ugly Dave Gray nasal spray for premature ejaculation "up the nose and away it goes"
Dismissed Radio 12/04/2005
69-05 A & R Removals
A & R Removals - depicts church revival service
Dismissed 12/04/2005
February 2009
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62-09 KIA Automotive Australia
Kia Motor Vehicle - shows supposed Germans executives behaving badly.
Dismissed TV - Pay 25/02/2009
64-09 Ultra Company
Ultra Company - 64/09 (TV) features an image of skeleton terrorist saying "silence I kill you"
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued 25/02/2009
March 2002
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63-02 Australian Grand Prix Corporation
Australian Grand Prix Corp - 2002 Foster's Australian Grand Prix - 2 ads - 'Grand Prix is God' and 'There's a place where it always rains on the fourth day'
Dismissed 12/03/2002
65-02 Meat & Livestock Australia Ltd
Meat & Livestock - butchers chanting and passing out leaflets aka Hare Krishna 'Red Meat. Feel Good.'
Dismissed 12/03/2002
66-02 LG Electronics Aust Pty Ltd
LG Electronics - man knocks soccer ball from under youth sitting on it
Dismissed 12/03/2002
67-02 Energy Australia
Energy Australia - man stands on phone book to make himself taller, then tries milk crate, then ladder - answers door to see short man from EA
Dismissed 12/03/2002
68-02 Riverview Service Centre Pty Ltd
Riverview Service Centre - 'Seen the "Dykes" at the Riverview Service Centre lately???' Owners are Keith & Phil Dyke
Dismissed Radio 12/03/2002
March 2007
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort ascending Media Determination date
63-07 Colgate Palmolive Pty Ltd
Colgate-Palmolive - Ajax - woman cleaning shower glass, washes off with water then man sprays glass clean with shower hose
Dismissed 13/03/2007
66-07 Barloworld Volkswagen
Barloworld Volkswagen - Jetta FSI Turbo - "0 - 100 in just 7.2 seconds"
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Print 13/03/2007
67-07 Advanced Medical Institute
AMI - "sausage sizzle" with sound of woman moaning in background
Dismissed Radio 13/03/2007
68-07 Tricon Restaurants International
Tricon - KFC - man picks team for backyard cricket "I'll have him, and him, and him - and you can have the girls. As we pan back we see he's selected blow-up dolls of Aussie cricket heroes
Dismissed 13/03/2007
June 1998
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort ascending Media Determination date
63-98 Volvo Car Aust Pty Ltd
Volvo - "Man, Volvo and kayak."
Dismissed 09/06/1998
64-98 Nestle Confectionery
Nestle - Nescafe - "Roy & Gillian getting married"
Dismissed 09/06/1998
65-98 Smith's Snackfood Co Ltd The
Smith's Snackfood - Twisties - "Club Me" & "Up to your elbows"
Dismissed 09/06/1998
February 2010
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64-10 Autobarn
Autobarn (64/10) TV. XMAS rather than CHRISTMAS used in Christmas promotion
Dismissed 24/02/2010
66-10 Wicked Campers
Wicked Campers - Internet(66/10. Marijuana smoking kangaroo and discounts offered to homosexuals/nude women
Dismissed Internet 24/02/2010
69-10 Cool nrg International Pty Ltd
Cool nrg 69/10. TV promoting government rebate for home insulation. Distributor comes to home of an elderly lady.
Dismissed 24/02/2010
March 2008
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort ascending Media Determination date
65-08 Sunbeam Corporation Ltd
Sunbeam - Steam iron - cat jumps onto ironing board and iron lets out a jet of steam to make the cat jump off
Dismissed 12/03/2008
May 2000
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68-99 Tenneco Automotive T/A Monroe Pty Ltd
Tenneco Automotive (T/A Monroe Aust - man smashing car)
Dismissed 09/05/2000

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