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January 2017
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort descending Determination date
0592-16 Lion
Man backs puts boat into water at boat ramp, friends stock up on ice and XXXX Gold, then group seen on the water drinking beer.
Dismissed Alcohol TV - Free to Air 18/01/2017
0594-16 Aldi Australia
Aldi advertisement for how you can save shopping with Aldi. Buy their products, eg: the sunscreen.
Dismissed Retail TV - Free to Air 18/01/2017
0595-16 Comparethemarket.com.au
 The first ad shows the employee, Tom, strapped to a lie detector by his employer, who then interrogates him about how the company makes its money. The second ad shows Tom's employer offering him a cup of coffee, which the employer has put truth serum in. Again, the employer interrogates Tom about how the company makes its' money.
Dismissed Insurance TV - Free to Air 18/01/2017
July 2019
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort descending Determination date
0178-19 Coles
The advertisement in question was promoting Coles Salmon. The ad featured Curtis Stone on a fishing boat declaring that their salmon was sustainable.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 10/07/2019
0181-19 Telstra Corporation Ltd
Telstra advertisement about the launch of 5G
Dismissed Telecommunications TV - Free to Air 10/07/2019
0191-19 Brand Developers
This is about the advertisement of the "Sunshine Blade Instant Heater".
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued House Goods Services TV - Free to Air 10/07/2019
0197-19 Australian Pensioners Insurance Agency
Television ad for APIA insurance
Dismissed Insurance TV - Free to Air 10/07/2019
0199-19 Sleep Clinics Albury Wodonga
This television advertisement depicts a man who snores and his wife, who elbows him and pushes him out of bed. 
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Health Products TV - Free to Air 10/07/2019
0204-19 Lexus Australia
A black Lexus is seen being driven through a carpark, starting with a four wheel drift, then accelerating as it exits, without the driver slowing or stopping to see if there are any pedestrians (as is required when exiting private property onto a public road) then becoming airborne as it exits the carpark and bouncing as it hits the road, then another four wheel drift.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 10/07/2019
0209-19 Roadshow Films
This television advertisement is for the movie 'Child's Play'.
Dismissed Entertainment TV - Free to Air 10/07/2019
0210-19 Roadshow Films
Television advertisement for movie "Annabelle Comes Home" 
Dismissed Entertainment TV - Free to Air 10/07/2019
0213-19 Kellogg (Aust) Pty Ltd
Nutrigrain cereal. An athlete or an iron man is eating this cereal and performing super hero feats.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 10/07/2019
0214-19 Fantastic Snacks Australia
Television ad with a Japanese theme , buy product to win a Holiday.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 10/07/2019
0215-19 Mitchell's Quality Foods
Television ad for Lite n' Easy
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 10/07/2019
0217-19 Electrolux Home Products
Advertising a hotplate with smart controls
Dismissed House Goods Services TV - Free to Air 10/07/2019
July 2019
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort descending Determination date
0232-19 Tasmanian Bakeries
This television advertisement depicts a car doing multiple laps of a city block and shows a woman hanging out the window. Voiceover also states to "stick a pie in your national pie hole".
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 24/07/2019
0225-19 Minerals Council of Australia
This television advertisement related to rehabilitating land after mining.
Dismissed Other TV - Free to Air 24/07/2019
0233-19 Primo Foods
This television advertisement features a jingle about what meat to eat each day of the week.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 24/07/2019
0234-19 Isuzu Ute Australia Pty Ltd
This television advertisement features a blue Isuzu D-Max Ute being taken into the bush/hills by a family with a border collie pet dog.
Dismissed Automotive TV - Free to Air 24/07/2019
0235-19 Yum Restaurants International
This television advertisement features a group of people watching TV when a male and female burst out of another room. She says "I've been faking it!"and he says "Anyone say KFC?"
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 24/07/2019
0236-19 Yum Restaurants International
This television advertisement depicts a woman entering a room at the same time as a man opens a bottle of wine and the cork hits her in the face displacing her glasses a little. An embarrassing silence then ensues and the man says, 'did anyone say KFC?'
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 24/07/2019
0237-19 Brand Developers
This television advertisement is an infomercial for an infrared wall heater which aired in a breakfast program.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued House Goods Services TV - Free to Air 24/07/2019
August 2019
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort descending Determination date
0240-19 Hotels Combined
The Panel noted the television advertisement features a woman walking into a room asking “have you been up all night?” A man whispers, “I’m looking for hotel deals”. He moves from behind the lounge off screen as the woman asks, “why didn’t you just go to Hotel’s Combined?” The man is seen hanging from the ceiling and he repeats “Hotels combined”.
Dismissed Other TV - Free to Air 07/08/2019
0241-19 Yum Restaurants International
The television advertisement features two trolley collectors interacting with trolleys and eating KFC.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 07/08/2019
August 2019
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort descending Determination date
0254-19 Hanes Brands Inc
Television advertisement for Bonds which refers to the glo-ball warming man-demic, and highlights a product with ball cooling technology.
Dismissed Lingerie TV - Free to Air 21/08/2019
0255-19 Isuzu Ute Australia Pty Ltd
The television advertisement features a father teaching his teenage daughter to drive in an empty car park.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 21/08/2019
0256-19 SOJO Pty Ltd
There are three versions of this television advertisement for tradies underwear featuring Chrarlotte Caslick, Nick Cummins and Danielle Scott.
Dismissed Lingerie TV - Free to Air 21/08/2019
0259-19 Suzuki Australia Pty Limited
Advertisement for Suzuki with the slogan ‘for fun’s sake’. The ad features a car careering through water and mud, and circling a suburban roundabout. The ad begins by talking about driverless vehicles.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 21/08/2019
0261-19 Sportsbet
Sportsbet advertisement promoting the new iPhone app which features protesters, a scam victim and Todd Carney.
Dismissed Gambling TV - Free to Air 21/08/2019
September 2019
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort descending Determination date
0262-19 Asaleo Care - Libra
This televsion advertisement for Libra features various period-related images and promotes the #bloodnormal campaign.
Dismissed Toiletries TV - Free to Air 02/09/2019
0266-19 Ad Standards
This televsion advertisement shows a pot boiling on a stove, a hand reaches in and lifts the lid. The underside of the lid contains the wording the advertisement contains the wording “Women should be watching the stove, not the tv”. This follows with wording “Terms and kinder conditions apply”, and “visit Ad Standards”.
Dismissed Other TV - Free to Air 02/09/2019
September 2019
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort descending Determination date
0263-19 Sportsbet
The advertisement shows a woman, who is in a pageant, holding the new SportsBet iPhone app.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Gambling TV - Free to Air 11/09/2019
0265-19 Domino's Pizza Enterprises Ltd
Television advertisement promoting the Domino's $5 range.
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 11/09/2019
0269-19 Craveable Brands
This television advertisement depicts a young woman and an older woman who appear to be in a retirement home playing a board game. The older woman is taking her time at her turn and when the scene cuts to the young woman's chair she is gone. The next scene shows her eating chips at Red Rooster.
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 11/09/2019
0272-19 General Motors Holden Australia NSC Ltd
This television advertisement features the Holden Trailblazer towing a caravan.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 11/09/2019
0275-19 Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Limited
This television advertisement features a woman swimming laps at a pool. The woman dives into the pool and is then seen swimming across the lane rope into the next lane. The same woman then appears in a Toyota dealership to buy a car as she has trouble staying in her own lane.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 11/09/2019
0276-19 Greenstone Financial Services
This television advertisement for Real Insurance features two men discussing life insurance.
Dismissed Insurance TV - Free to Air 11/09/2019
0279-19 Greenstone Financial Services
This television advertisement was an informercial-styled segment on the Morning Show promoting Seniors Insurance.
Dismissed Insurance TV - Free to Air 11/09/2019
0280-19 Youfoodz
This television advertisement features a woman in her kitchen, talking about her previously unhealthy lunch habits.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 11/09/2019
0288-19 Tabcorp Holdings Limited
This television advertisement features a man comes to stand between two friends who are excited about a horse race, the man looks disappointed. One of the other men ruffles his hair. The voice over states, “a good tip is no good if you forget to back it. That’s life.” The words ‘Long may we play” are superimposed on the screen with the TAB logo.
Dismissed Gambling TV - Free to Air 11/09/2019
0289-19 Roadshow Films
This television advertisement is promoting the upcoming movie IT Chapter Two.
Dismissed Entertainment TV - Free to Air 11/09/2019
0284-19 Sportsbet
This television advertisement features a man in swimwear standing on a rock next to a sign saying 'Danger Crocodiles' to promote Sportsbet's new 'foolproof' iPhone app.
Dismissed Gambling TV - Free to Air 11/09/2019
0286-19 People's Choice Credit Union
This television advertisement features a couple sitting on a couch. A voice over describes all the things they could do with a personal loan, including renovating their home, or get a new caravan or take off to the Bahamas.
Dismissed Finance/Investment TV - Free to Air 11/09/2019
September 2019
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort descending Determination date
0291-19 Volvo Car Australia
In the opening scenes of the advertisement, a woman is depicted leaving her home and saying goodbye to her partner as she prepares to set off into the stress of a working day. Separately, a young girl is shown leaving her family home in the morning to go to school. The advertisement follows these two people until their paths cross when the girl steps onto a crossing and the woman's vehicle uses its technology to avoid a collision with the girl.
Dismissed Automotive TV - Free to Air 25/09/2019
0294-19 Vodafone Hutchison Australia
This television advertisement depicts a woman wearing a helmet as she rides a longboard down a hill.
Dismissed Telecommunications TV - Free to Air 25/09/2019
0295-19 Tabcorp Holdings Limited
There are two versions of this television advertisement. The first features a woman's shoe heel sinking into the grass and the second features someone mowing a race track. Both end with the words "long may we play".
Dismissed Gambling TV - Free to Air 25/09/2019
0296-19 General Motors Holden Australia NSC Ltd
This television advertisement features two storylines concurrently. One focussing on a vehicle travelling through the snow, and one focussing on a handbag snatcher.
Dismissed Automotive TV - Free to Air 25/09/2019
0297-19 IAG Insurance
This television advertisement depicts a boy riding his bike. He discovers a displaced koala stranded at the top of a telegraph pole. The boy is shown cycling home to gather a basket in a small wagon. When the boy returns to the telegraph pole, the koala appears to have left. Thinking he’s missed his opportunity to assist, the boy is about to give up when he turns around to see that the koala has made its way down on its own, and into the basket in the boy’s wagon. The boy pedals off. He arrives at a patch of bushland, which appears to have been recently cleared.
Dismissed Insurance TV - Free to Air 25/09/2019
0310-19 Westpac Group
This television advertisement features the St George dragon encouraging a man not to climb out a bathroom window to avoid paying for an expensive date.
Dismissed Finance/Investment TV - Free to Air 25/09/2019
0311-19 SOJO Pty Ltd
This television advertisement features Nick Cummins talking about Tradies underwear.
Dismissed Clothing TV - Free to Air 25/09/2019

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