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December 2006
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort ascending Determination date
473-06 Telstra Corporation Ltd
Telstra - Bigpond - "Like to go faster?" (TV) - woman jumps on airport baggage carousel and slides through barrier to collect luggage and returns with her bags, smiling
Dismissed Telecommunications 12/12/2006
475-06 Kraft Foods Ltd
Kraft - Nabisco - Chicken In A Biskit - school boys on bus vomiting live chickens from their mouths
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 12/12/2006
476-06 Nestle Australia Ltd
Nestle - Uncle Tobys - female swimmer talking underwater with product in her hand explaining how you can get free DVDs
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 12/12/2006
477-06 Dept of Health and Ageing
Dept of Health & Ageing - (TV) - skin cancer - surgeon removing a skin cancer from a patient's back in operating theatre - cancerous portion shown in a jar at the end
Dismissed Community Awareness 12/12/2006
479-06 Zodiac Group Australia Pty Ltd
Zodiac Group - young boy and girl playing pool game Marco Polo in a bath because their pool is not ready for swimming in
Dismissed 12/12/2006
481-06 Greater Building Society
Greater Building Society - after young female employee places tea tray on desk, manager leers at her butt as she leaves office
Dismissed Finance/Investment 12/12/2006
483-06 IKEA
IKEA - woman getting receipt runs out of store shouting "start the car" - believing she's been undercharged and wanting a quick getaway before it's discovered
Dismissed 12/12/2006
485-06 Reckitt Benckiser (Aust) Pty Ltd
Reckitt Benckiser - Easy Off Bam Grime & Soap Scum - shows only women doing housework
Dismissed 12/12/2006
489-06 FHM
Emap - Zoo Weekly - Krystal's "Real Girls" - women scantily clad in suggestive positions
Dismissed Media 12/12/2006
490-06 Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Commonwealth Bank - Poland - man tries to get trip to Tahiti using rewards points but can only get Poland in 2008 - woman disappointed at Poland as holiday destination
Dismissed Finance/Investment 12/12/2006
491-06 Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Commonwealth Bank - man in home office with young baby which cries, distracting him from work, and we see his office is actually the baby's nursery - he rings bank to get a home loan for extension to house
Dismissed Finance/Investment 12/12/2006
495-06 Eagle Boys Pizza
Eagle Boys Pizza - girl on mobile phone while driving is pulled over by cop and excuses herself by saying she's just ordering a pizza
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 12/12/2006
497-06 Ford Motor Co of Aust Ltd
Ford - "Tonk a Pom" - backyard cricket - kid says "I tonked a Pom onto the neighbour's roof" - means to hit the Poms for a six
Dismissed 12/12/2006
November 2008
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort ascending Determination date
473-08 Barkley's Advertising
Barkley's - Beaver - late night ad showing excessive nudity
Dismissed 26/11/2008
479-08 Sunshine Toyota
Sunshine Toyota - stereotypical portrayal of asian dress and accent
Dismissed 26/11/2008
October 2009
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort ascending Determination date
474-09 Telstra Corporation Ltd
Telstra - (474/09)TV - cyber bully -'Brad' with green face mask tries to stop his partner 'Emma' posting photo to internet
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued 14/10/2009
478-09 Ford Motor Co of Aust Ltd
Ford Hatchback TVC 478/09. Driver seeks assistance from man washing windscreens to push vehicle that is out of petrol
Dismissed 14/10/2009
December 2008
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort ascending Determination date
475-08 Queensland Office of Liquor, Gaming & Racing
Queensland Office of Liquor, Gaming & Racing - ad shown in reverse result of night out drinking
Dismissed Community Awareness 10/12/2008
477-08 AAPT Ltd
AAPT - Woman on horse in Nth American native costume - mocks war whoop
Dismissed Telecommunications 10/12/2008
478-08 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota - Rav 4 - man looks into vacuum and his eye is sucked out of socket
Dismissed 10/12/2008
484-08 Medibank Private Ltd
Medibank Private - kids build a ramp in backyard
Dismissed Insurance 10/12/2008
489-08 Sexpo Pty Ltd
Sexpo - 2008 - woman describes why you should go to Sexpo - images of strippers, sex toys and other sexual images
Dismissed Sex Industry 10/12/2008
490-08 Bacardi
Bacardi - liquid from Bacardi bottle takes on human shape
Dismissed Alcohol 10/12/2008
491-08 Nutricia Australasia Pty Ltd
Nutricia - Karicare Gold for toddlers - woman & child in park. Woman talks of benefits of formula
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 10/12/2008
493-08 Wrigley Co Pty Ltd The
Wrigleys - Extra Liquid Blast Chewing Gum - banana gets blasted with strawberry liquid and lies in a pool of 'blood'
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 10/12/2008
494-08 Stuart Alexander & Co Pty Ltd
Stuart Alexander - Mentos - Group of native american indians - rain dance in mentos
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 10/12/2008
496-08 ANCAP Australia
ANCAP - man and son in car all good until have a horrible accident
Dismissed Community Awareness 10/12/2008
March 2000
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort ascending Determination date
48-00 Ansett Australia
Ansett Airlines - boy on bicycle at roof-top edge
Dismissed Travel 14/03/2000
49-00 Riverina Marine Centre
Riverina Marine Centre
Dismissed Retail 14/03/2000
March 2002
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort ascending Determination date
48-02 Virgin Blue Airlines Pty Ltd
Virgin Blue Airlines - man urinating in public toilet - mobile rings, so another man answers it for him
Dismissed Travel 12/03/2002
February 2006
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort ascending Determination date
48-06 Jamba! GmbH
Jamba - Jamster - Pimp Your Phone - scantily clad woman suggesting sex
Dismissed Telecommunications 14/02/2006
49-06 Dow Agrosciences Australia Ltd
Dow Agrosciences - Garlon 600 - high powered revolver is opened and a bullet loaded, closed, and shot at a target placed on a watermelon
Dismissed Other 14/02/2006
May 1998
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort ascending Determination date
48-98 The Olympic Club
Olympic Club (The) - "Young boy swinging on a basketball hoop"
Dismissed 12/05/1998
49-98 Ministerial Tobacco Advisory Group
National Expert Advisory Committee on Tobacco - 'Brain'
Dismissed Community Awareness 12/05/1998
October 2009
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort ascending Determination date
480-09 Fosters Australia, Asia & Pacific
Fosters - Pure Blonde (480/09) TV injured bird nursed back to health, flies into painted wall with beer sign then kicked to ground by painter
Dismissed Alcohol 28/10/2009
481-09 Road Safety Task Force
Road Safety Task Force 481/09. TV campaign highlighting driving offences. Eg:using mobile phone.
Dismissed Community Awareness 28/10/2009
482-09 Coopers Brewery Ltd
Coopers - (482/09) TV Sediment Awareness Week
Dismissed Alcohol 28/10/2009
486-09 Unilever Australasia
Unilever - Lynx Fever - (486/09) TV - a bunch of babes entice man to the toilets to engage in group sex after he sprays Lynx deodorant on himself
Dismissed Toiletries 28/10/2009
487-09 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota - (487/09) - TV - middle agedman wearing red jumper around his shoulders/doesn't trim chest hair - Soft, made to Last
Dismissed 28/10/2009
488-09 Rheem Hot Water
Rheem Hot Water - 488/09 - TV Boy's mother finds her son's pornographic magazine collection
Dismissed 28/10/2009
December 2008
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort ascending Determination date
483-08 Mazda Australia Pty Limited
Mazda - BT-50 Ute - ute honks horn - unlawful use of horn
Dismissed 17/12/2008
March 2003
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort ascending Determination date
49-03 Mazda Australia Pty Limited
Mazda - Astina SP20 - speeding around corners - seatbelt figure being thrown about.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued 11/03/2003
March 2005
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort ascending Determination date
49-05 Lever Rexona
Lever Rexona - Lynx Bodyspray - man sprays himself with Lynx, woman in car with him attracted by body fragrance while on screen reads "Show them the way"
Dismissed Toiletries 08/03/2005
March 2007
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort ascending Determination date
49-07 Jamba! GmbH
Jamba - Jamster Buxom Babes - woman's bikini-clad crotch with liquid dripping
Dismissed 13/03/2007
February 2009
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort ascending Determination date
49-09 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota - Corolla driven in unsafe manner by guy with "kitten head" who assaults other kitten head drivers
Dismissed 11/02/2009
February 2010
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort ascending Determination date
49-10 Tartarus Pty Ltd
Tartaurus - Hell Restaurants (49/10) TV. Two people using Ouiji board with voiceover "Call 13 Hell"
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 24/02/2010
November 2009
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort ascending Determination date
491-09 Hocking Communications
Hocking Communications -30Seconds Outdoor cleaner (491/09) TVC. Narrator promoting this outdoor cleaner lampooning the way Asians speak
Dismissed 25/11/2009
November 2009
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort ascending Determination date
495-09 Unicharm Australasia (VIC)
Unicharm - Babylove 495/09 TV Poo Poo Pouch nappy
Dismissed Toiletries 11/11/2009
496-09 Advanced Medical Institute
AMI 496/09 TV. The letter I in the writing of AMI simulates an erection
Dismissed 11/11/2009
497-09 Reckitt Benckiser (Aust) Pty Ltd
Reckitt Benkiser 497/09 TV. Mortein outdoor spray being used by a woman with a face mask around her neck and not covering her face.
Dismissed 11/11/2009

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