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July 2002
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165-02 Travelworld
Travelworld - 'Thrillseeker' - girl in bikini photographed from behind lying in shallow water with man.
Dismissed Travel Outdoor 09/07/2002
July 2017
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0294-17 Craveable Brands
Email promotion of "Mash and Gravy Balls".
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue Email 12/07/2017
0320-17 Coffey Ford
Refers to men working, women needing to buy a workhorse to spend their day driving the kids around, shopping, having coffee with the girls, etc etc
Dismissed Vehicle Radio 12/07/2017
April 2003
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65-03 Battlefield Sports
Battlefield Sports - Laser Skirmish
Dismissed 08/04/2003
70-03 Cunningham's Warehouse Sales Pty Ltd
Cunningham's - Cenovis - 'Hey, fatties '
Dismissed Retail 08/04/2003
July 1999
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209-99 Australian Society for Medical Research (The)
Australian Society for Medical Research - naked pregnant woman - 'What is your future?'
Dismissed Community Awareness Print 13/07/1999
218-99 Bellingen Chamber of Commerce
Bellingen Chamber of Commerce - "Crazee Day"
Dismissed Retail Print 13/07/1999
July 2004
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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
170-04 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota - Hilux - man joins feminist protest march wearing t-shirt saying "Make my dinner"
Dismissed 13/07/2004
173-04 Sanitarium Health Food Company
Sanitarium - Weetbix - Rugby union players eat 9 Weetbix (RADIO)
Dismissed Radio 13/07/2004
August 2014
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0298-14 Murray Goulburn
The campaign is based around who should be running our milk companies. A woman in a business suit climbing over a fence.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 27/08/2014
0309-14 Just Cremations
Elderly female voice is telling her husband how she ran into an old school friend. The friend asks about her husband and tells how he would like to get a 'gig' like theirs in advertising the services of Just Cremations.
Dismissed Professional Services Radio 27/08/2014
0313-14 Sony Pictures Releasing Pty Ltd
The entrance to the cinema hosts a large sign, perhaps 1.5 metres high with the words "Sex Tape" in bright red lettering. A smaller sign on a nearby post also has this.
Dismissed Entertainment Poster 27/08/2014
March 2002
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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
September 2002
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212-02 Sancella Pty Ltd
Sancella - Libra Tampons - 2 ads - spotted and tartan packs.
Dismissed Toiletries 10/09/2002
July 2010
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0302-10 96.5 Wave FM
A man and a woman are heard talking about the woman being "ready to do this" with the man noting that it is her "first time". A male voice over then says, "Lose your virginity at Thredbo. Home of Australia's best beginner's area. Thredbo. Are you in?"
Dismissed Radio 14/07/2010
July 2016
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0305-16 Cotton On
Giant hanging poster photo of a huge almost-naked women's bum advertising 'Brazilian briefs'
Dismissed Lingerie Poster 27/07/2016
March 2000
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73-00 Mitsubishi Motors Aust Ltd
Mitsubishi - Magna - impotent man
Dismissed 14/03/2000
76-00 Crows Nest Mainstreet
Crows Nest Mainstreet - 'Faaark! Over 110 places to eat at Crowie' and 'There are so many place to eat at Crows Nest!'
Dismissed Community Awareness Outdoor 14/03/2000
August 2000
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221-00 Picknowl
Picknowl - 'buck'
Dismissed Telecommunications Print 08/08/2000
March 2010
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78-10 Eagle Boys Pizza
Eagle Boys Pizza 78/10. TV ad shows family sweeping healthy food off table to make room for pizza
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 10/03/2010
80-10 Cadbury Pty Ltd
Cadbury Creme Egg TV 80/10. Shows chocolate eggs killing themselves in the blender - 'release the goo'
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 10/03/2010
August 2005
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224-05 Ford Motor Co of Aust Ltd
Ford - Rugby Union Sponsorship - "conversion" - young couple in matching footy jumpers board train. Male puts arm around another girl (the try); girl slaps him (the penalty); male reverts to his girlfriend (the conversion)
Dismissed Other 09/08/2005
August 2011
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0317-11 ILG Little Bottler
Page 6 of the Little Bottler #7 catalogue (Jul/Aug) features a half page ad for 'Infused Rush' RTDs, depicting a cartoon style image of a female's face and a sky background.
Dismissed Alcohol Print 24/08/2011
November 1998
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227-98 Australian Milk Marketing
Australian Milk Marketing - Woman in milk bath
Dismissed 10/11/1998
April 1999
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83-99 Windsor Smith Pty Ltd
Windsor Smith - "Man - unbuttoned shirt - woman - breasts exposed"
Dismissed Clothing Outdoor 13/04/1999
August 2003
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230-03 Austereo Pty Ltd
Austereo - B105 FM - Jamie Dunn naked
Dismissed Media 12/08/2003
September 2011
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0325-11 Australian Pork Corporation
We hear people talking in a bar and one of the woman asks her friends to look after her boyfriend whilst she goes off for a second. Her friends comment that their relationship appears to be going well and ask him if he has porked her yet. We then hear some eating/dining sound effects and some appreciative noises as the voiceover says, "when you make your spag bol using pork mince, everyone'll want a piece of the action. Ger some pork on your fork."
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries Radio 14/09/2011
July 2006
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233-06 Ford Motor Co of Aust Ltd
Ford - Fiesta (TV)- man/woman in white coats (doctors/scientists) rub a piece of clay in an orgasmic climax to produce a baby Fiesta - takeoff of "Ghost"
Dismissed 11/07/2006
245-06 McDonald's Aust Ltd
McDonald's - McCafe - traffic noise and horns honking gradually building to crescendo - get away from hustle and bustle at McCafe
Dismissed Radio 11/07/2006
July 2018
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0328-18 VIMN
As we got off the train, a moving billboard featured a segment advertising the MTV show ‘Geordie Shores’. A lady was discussing rumors a girl on the show was pregnant. Eg. “On Geordie Shores, after you have been dating someone a few months, there’s a good chance you are pregnant.’ The boyfriend responded to the rumors.
Dismissed Entertainment TV - Out of Home 25/07/2018
April 2007
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89-07 Main Street Night Club
Main St Night Club - gold stars covering nipples of blonde woman's naked breasts "Direct from the Gold Coast - topless barmaids tonight
Dismissed Entertainment Print 10/04/2007
94-07 Nestle Australia Ltd
Nestle - Cheerios - children hiding inside a box
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 10/04/2007
January 2015
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0002-15 Pacific Brands Holdings Pty Ltd
Bonds womens underwear advertisement. A bunch of almost naked girls dancing around and shaking their butts.
Dismissed Lingerie TV - Free to Air 14/01/2015
July 2008
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236-07 Coca-Cola South Pacific Pty Ltd
Coca-Cola - Diet Coke - female real estate agent removes "open for inspection" sign at house when man enters - words appear "time for a quickie?" - they are seen watching short film on a laptop
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 14/07/2008
August 2018
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0332-18 Mars Wrigley Confectionery
MARS Bar - advert sees a young guy go to an art class. He looks up and the nude model is his mother. Son has to draw his nude mother then she approves of the nude artwork.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 08/08/2018
July 1998
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91-98 Centrelink (Youth Allowance)
Centrelink - Youth Allowance
Dismissed Other 14/07/1998
January 2014
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0006-14 Rugs a Million
An actor dressed as Austin Powers saying he " got a SHAG for $60" and a woman saying that she also got a SHAG for sixty dollars. The voice over continues to say "sixty dollars" but is interspersed with the words SEXTY dollars.
Dismissed House Goods Services 15/01/2014
December 1998
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239-98 Janssen Cilag Pty Ltd
Janssen Cilag - Nizoral
Dismissed Toiletries 08/12/1998
241-98 Barbeques Galore (Aust.) Pty Ltd
Barbeques Galore - 2 women and man in back yard
Dismissed 08/12/1998
August 2012
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0337-12 Pacific Magazines
We open on a mother and her son waiting by the side of a road. As a cart and horse driven by an elder couple pulls up to pick them up, the boy notices a discarded magazine lying in the grass nearby. He picks it up but his mother quickly takes it from him and hurries him into the cart. She looks at the cover, then quickly hides it in her clothing and joins the others in the cart.
Dismissed Media 22/08/2012
January 2014
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0010-14 Frucor Beverages Australia
V energy - Manic lane changing energy banner on a taxi.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries Transport 29/01/2014
August 2010
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0341-10 Mr Rental
Cartoon of a man watching TV whilst his wife is in the kitchen. He calls through to remind her that his friends are coming round the next evening to watch the footie. Then the TV 'blows up' and the man looks shocked. He is worried about what his friends will say when they find out his TV has broken. His wife then suggests he hires a TV from Mr Rental because they can deliver within 24 hours. Then man obviously does this because the next scene shows him sat watching his new TV just as his ordered pizza arrives and his wife leaves to go out.
Dismissed House Goods Services 11/08/2010
April 2009
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97-09 Johnson & Johnson Pacific Pty Ltd
Johnson & Johnson 9709 - Nicorette newspaper ad with man asleep in bed with lit cigarette in his mouth.
Dismissed Health Products Print 08/04/2009
January 2014
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0014-14 Meat & Livestock Australia Ltd
Sam Kekovich and his Lambassador 2014 ad.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 24/01/2014
August 2017
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0344-17 The Man Shake
A commercial for "Man Shake" - three men at a bar discussing the "shake". The commercial features Adam Macdougall.
Dismissed Health Products TV - Free to Air 09/08/2017
July 2019
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0196-19 Roadshow Films
Large billboard with possessed and scary looking doll on a black and red background with the words Annabelle Comes Back.
Dismissed Entertainment Billboard 10/07/2019
January 2019
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0017-19 Museum of Old and New Art
Television advertisement for MONA exhibition.
Dismissed Entertainment TV - Free to Air 23/01/2019
August 1999
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248-99 Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine & Cell Biol
Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine & Cel Biology
Dismissed Community Awareness 10/08/1999
September 2015
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0348-15 AAMI
The son doesn't have the right insurance, is injured, and has to live at home. The mother is seen in an unnatural act with a dog. Humans don't normally have such an unnatural relationship with their dog.
Dismissed Insurance TV - Free to Air 09/09/2015

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