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October 1998
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
157-98 Roger David Stores Pty Ltd
Roger David Stores Pty Ltd - "Young men in a bar"
Dismissed 13/10/1998
161-98 Eagle Boys Pizza
Eagle Boys Pizza - "Get your slice of pleasure"
Dismissed Radio 13/10/1998
164-98 Coca-Cola South Pacific Pty Ltd
Coca-Cola - Orangutan
Dismissed 13/10/1998
169-98 McDonald's Aust Ltd
McDonald's - Massive McMuffin
Dismissed 13/10/1998
June 1999
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
157-99 Nestle Australia Ltd
Nestle - Kit Kat - Angel and devil each eat Kit Kat.
Dismissed 08/06/1999
160-99 Procter & Gamble Australia Pty Ltd
Proctor & Gamble - Pringles
Dismissed 08/06/1999
169-99 Mattel Pty Ltd
Mattel - Cool Blue Barbie
Dismissed 08/06/1999
June 2007
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
157a-07 Nissan Motor Co (Aust) Pty Ltd
Nissan - Conga leisure - 4WD towing multiple vehicles from camping site
Dismissed Transport 25/06/2007
157b-07 Nissan Motor Co (Aust) Pty Ltd
Nissan - Conga business - 4WD towing multiple vehicles from building site
Dismissed 25/06/2007
June 2003
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
158-03 Ford Motor Co of Aust Ltd
Ford - Escape - woman driving along beach spraying water and sand.
Dismissed 10/06/2003
163-03 Freedom Furniture Ltd
Freedom Furniture - Song - 'We are nothing but mammals'.
Dismissed 10/06/2003
July 2002
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
159-02 Maverick
Maverick - scantily clad women sitting or leaning on motorcycles - version 2.
Dismissed Print 09/07/2002
163-02 Balfours Pty Ltd
Balfours - 3 ads for new resolutions to exercise, with sweet wrappers falling around
Dismissed 09/07/2002
167-02 Holden Ltd
Holden - Barina - car out manouvering bull in bullring
Dismissed 09/07/2002
May 2006
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
159-06 Wattyl Australia Group
Wattyl - naked child crawls from behind paint can towards pink-painted walli and proceeds to stand up using wall to balance against - paint dries in 10 minutes
Dismissed TV - Pay 09/05/2006
160-06 Energy Australia
Energy Australia - workmen showing advances in technicality of services - cat sitting on kitchen bench near food
Dismissed 09/05/2006
161-06 Nissan Motor Co (Aust) Pty Ltd
Nissan - Tiida - Kim Cattrall drives car over "hump"
Dismissed 09/05/2006
164-06 KIA Automotive Australia
KIA - V6 Carnival - man sounds air-horm into the ear of a sleeping woman - woman wakes in shock and chases the man "Wake up to great deals from Kia".
Dismissed 09/05/2006
May 2008
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
159-08 Nando's Australia Pty Ltd
Nando's - F word ineffectively bleeped
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Radio 19/05/2008
160-08 Saab Automobile Australia Pty Ltd
Saab - Butterfly, German Shep, Killer Whale
Dismissed 19/05/2008
165-08 Reckitt Benckiser (Aust) Pty Ltd
Reckitt Benckiser - Finish PowerBall Tablets - Diane & Sue
Dismissed 19/05/2008
168-08 Big Mobile Pty Ltd
Big Mobile - girls imitating orgasm
Dismissed 19/05/2008
February 2006
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
16-06 Tricon Restaurants International
Tricon - KFC - men playing cricket on beach when ball hit towards a foot in gold high heel shoe. Fielder looks dismayed and sunbathing girls snigger. Later shoe is found to belong to an older woman 40 -50 years who returns the ball
Dismissed 14/02/2006
February 2010
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
16-10 Fernwood Fitness Centres Aust Pty Ltd
Fernwood Fitness 16/10. Print advertisement with text "Join for FOX sake"
Dismissed Print 10/02/2010
March 1998
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
16-98 Tricon Restaurants International
Tricon - KFC XTC (no. 1)
Dismissed 19/03/1998
February 1999
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
16-99 Mitsubishi Motors Aust Ltd
Mitsubishi - Mirage - "Two women in car"
Dismissed 09/02/1999
June 2000
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
161-00 Reckitt Benckiser (Aust) Pty Ltd
Reckitt Benckiser - Pine O Cleen - dummy on floor
Dismissed 13/06/2000
167-00 Unilever Australasia
Unilever - Continental - Cup-A-Soup - Lots-A-Pasta - "Eat. Revive. Make it to 5"
Dismissed 13/06/2000
168-00 Rinnai Australia Pty Ltd
Rinnai Aust - Energysaver Heater - 'Grandma won't like it!'
Dismissed Print 13/06/2000
July 2005
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
161-05 H J Heinz Co Australia Ltd
H J Heinz - Big & Chunky Soup - a woman clad in her underwear walks to the toilet scratching her bottom she goes to the toilet you can hear it flush she comes out and says "Mmm big and chunky"
Dismissed 12/07/2005
163-05 McDonald's Aust Ltd
McDonald's - Cheeseburger - "Simple" shows words & pictures-"Girl, Doll, Dollhouse, Kitten, Brownies, Ballet, School, Friend, Boy, Lipstick, Nails, Earrings, Mascara, Push-Up Bra, Briefs, Bikini, G-String, T-String, Highlights, Wax, Solarium, Mini.."
Dismissed 12/07/2005
166-05 Port Adelaide Football Club
Port Adelaide Football Club - Power - promotion of AFL Football Club and AFL Football games
Dismissed 12/07/2005
169-05 O'Brien Glass Industries Ltd
O'Brien Glass - radio ad, has a father reading a story to his son, then receives a phone calls, hurriedly finishes the story before racing off for an O'Brien's glass replacement job
Dismissed Radio 12/07/2005
July 2001
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
162-01 Mitsubishi Motors Aust Ltd
Mitsubishi - Magna - People in vehicle having a 'fun time' and driver rocking to loud music.
Dismissed 10/07/2001
166-01 All-Fect Distributors Ltd
All-Fect Distributors - Bon-o-Bon Chocolates - 'Border Crossing'
Dismissed 10/07/2001
167-01 Simplot Aust Pty Ltd
Simplot - Four n' Twenty Pies - 'Rabbit Food'
Dismissed 10/07/2001
168-01 RACQ
RACQ - (1) Dad imitates son's driving (2)wife car breaks down (3)boat accident (4) topiary tree (5) doorbell sounds like car horn (6) backseat behaviour by sons (7) mature couple(8) chihauhau with vet bucket on head
Dismissed 10/07/2001
June 2008
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
162-08 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota - TRD Aurion - supercharged
Dismissed 11/06/2008
July 2004
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
165-04 Craft Décor Pty Ltd
Craft Décor - man in Nazi uniform complaining about low prices
Dismissed 13/07/2004
168-04 Kosciusko Thredbo Pty Ltd
Kosciusko Thredbo - man climbs into ice freezer at garage bcs he misses the cold of Thredbo
Dismissed 13/07/2004
June 2007
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
166-07 Advanced Medical Institute
AMI - "the blokes are embarrassed, the wives are upset"
Dismissed Radio 12/06/2007
167-07 Yum Restaurants International
Yum - KFC - Twister - woman walks over bed of hot coals to get her Toasted Twister
Dismissed 12/06/2007
168-07 Olympus Imaging Aust Pty Ltd
Olympus - e410Camera - man photographing his kids at beach using camera, and focuses on two bikini-clad girls. When their boyfriends confont him he hides the camera down his shorts and points to a Japanese tourist as the culprit
Dismissed 12/06/2007
169-07 McDonald's Aust Ltd
McDonald's - Happy Meals - cat/aliens - girl rescues cat from tree and aliens take her to McD, picking up father on the way
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued 12/06/2007
May 2009
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
166-09 Origin Energy
Origin Energy - TV - people vandalizing air vents and tipping over a car to promote a green feel.
Dismissed 14/05/2009
167-09 Advanced Medical Institute
AMI 167/09 - Couple lay in bed when the sex TIME police arrive.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued 14/05/2009
March 2000
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
17-00 Ken Bruce Electrical & Bedding Discounters
Ken Bruce - mad theme
Dismissed 14/03/2000
February 2001
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
17-01 LG Electronics Aust Pty Ltd
LG Electronics - Jet Cooling Air Conditioner - 15-seconder
Dismissed 13/02/2001
February 2004
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
17-04 Kellogg (Aust) Pty Ltd
Kellogg - Crunchy Nut - couple committing adultery, husband comes home
Dismissed 17/02/2004
February 2005
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
17-05 Taubmans Pty Ltd
Taubmans - TV - Silk Teflon paint - image of baby's bottom with music and Tom Jones' song "Sex Bomb" changed to "teflon teflon…"
Dismissed 08/02/2005

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