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April 2011
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0108-11 How Good Is That
Billboard featuring text which reads, "Abortion. Your taxes at work in the community. www.howgoodisthat.org."
Dismissed Community Awareness Billboard 01/04/2011
April 1999
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90-99 Women's Policy Office WA
Women's Policy Office WA - Freedom from Fear - TV, Radio, Print
Dismissed Community Awareness 13/04/1999
December 1998
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238-98 Unilever Australasia
Unilever - Continental - Cup-A-Sauce - "Just like your sister's."
Dismissed 08/12/1998
240-98 Lyn White Furniture World
Lyn White Furniture World - "Bloody"
Dismissed Radio 08/12/1998
March 2018
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0111-18 Spark Networks Services GmbH
First kiss but in a sexual manner. 
Dismissed Professional Services TV - Free to Air 21/03/2018
0115-18 Yum Restaurants International
Ad for KFC 24 Nuggets for $10 with Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce.
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue Internet 21/03/2018
March 2007
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93-07 Thoroughbred Racing South Australia (SA) Limited
Thoroughbred Racing SA - Adelaide Cup 2007 (Print) - woman holding whip
Dismissed Print 13/03/2007
April 2006
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96-06 David Jones Ltd
David Jones - Simone Perele lingerie - woman wearing bra and panty set, lying sideways on a bed of yellow flowers
Dismissed Clothing Outdoor 11/04/2006
September 2005
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244-05 Carpet Court
Carpet Court - "shipload" of carpets spoken by court jester figure - onscreen text "shipload sale"
Dismissed 13/09/2005
November 2010
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0445-10 Tiffany's
Large image of a female sat astride a chair, facing its back. She is visible from the behind and we can see from her mid face downwards (her nose, eyes, and top of head are not visible). She is wearing a pair of lacy black knickers, a red tie which is flung over her shoulder so that it hangs down and obscures any view of her chest, and a pair of red shiny boots. The accompanying text to the left of the woman reads, "Tiffany's. Check out our NEW fully renovated rooms on our NEW website. We love you always... 99 Albion St, Surry Hills, www.tiffanysgirls.com.au, 9211 3804
Dismissed Sex Industry Transport 10/11/2010
May 2019
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0119-19 Best & Less
Ad for kids clothes, set to a party/nightclub theme. 
Dismissed Clothing TV - Free to Air 08/05/2019
April 2009
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99-09 Ramp 2 Ramp
Ramp 2 Ramp - TV images of shop stock with end catch phrase of "Have you got the balls?"
Dismissed Clothing 08/04/2009
July 2009
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247-09 Club X
Club X - Radio describing how a vibrator works and what it offers.
Dismissed Sex Industry Radio 08/07/2009
November 2011
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0449-11 McDonald's Aust Ltd
We open on a McDonald’s crewmember putting together a Birthday McMuffin.The voiceover says, "Introducing the new Birthday McMuffin. With a sausage pattie, freshly cracked egg, golden potato rosti, a rasher of bacon and barbeque sauce…"
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Pay 23/11/2011
April 2011
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0124-11 McCain Australia and New Zealand
The advertisement features Samantha Stouser, a well known Australian Tennis player, who after finishing a tennis match returns home, grabs a McCain Healthy Choice meal from the freezer and places it in the microwave to cook. Whilst it cooks, Samantha reads the ingredients on the back on the pack. Once it’s ready she sits down at the table and begins to eat when at the same time she receives a call from her Dad, she answers and re-assures him that yes she is looking after herself.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 27/04/2011
July 2019
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0220-19 Honey Birdette
Brunette woman in black lace lingerie. Women is shown from lips down.
Dismissed Lingerie Poster 10/07/2019
February 1999
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25-99 Queensland Transport
Queensland Transport - man and woman - both inebriated
Dismissed Community Awareness 09/02/1999
March 2016
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0127-16 Parfums Christian Dior
The ad is for a perfume called Poison. in pink hues and black shadows. A pretty blonde girl looks at camera. The bottle of perfume, pink glass in front of her. The tag line is : I am not a girl. I am Poison.
Dismissed Toiletries Poster 23/03/2016
November 2002
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253-02 St George Group
St George - Advance Funds Management - 'Gearing without the grind'.
Dismissed Finance/Investment Print 12/11/2002
December 2012
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0458-12 Combe International
The ad begins with three young women, one is standing in front of the other two, and the two at the back are looking slightly disproving. A voiceover, presumably that of the girl in the front, says 'I learned the hard way' then something to the effect that 'regular washing doesn't get rid of all odours'. Then the product is advertised - vagisil feminine wash - and then the end of the ad involves the woman walking away with the two other women and everyone is smiling.
Dismissed Toiletries 12/12/2012
April 2012
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0131-12 Volkswagen Group Australia Pty Limited
Various models of Volkswagen cars are shown as well as people or animals imitating the different noises the cars make. In the final scene we see a man reverse park his car using Volkswagen technology instead of his hands. A young girl and her grandfather are watching from a nearby cafe table and the girl exclaims, "well beep me". The car horn beeps as she says the word "beep". Her grandfather looks at her and then the words, "The Germans have a word for it" appear on screen followed by the VW logo and the words, "Das Auto".
Dismissed Vehicle 11/04/2012
September 2019
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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
September 2004
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256-04 Keysun Laboratories Pty Ltd
Keysun - Lentheric - 648 muscles/41 breaths/109 beats/38.2 degrees etc as a woman is sexually aroused
Dismissed Toiletries 14/09/2004
December 2014
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0462-14 QLD Police Union of Employees
The advert shows a female police officer dropping her daughter off at music lesson.The officer is then involved in a domestic violence job where the female victim is been told she is now safe while the frustrated male aggressor looks on. The advert then implies the female officer attending now becomes a victim of violence as well.
Dismissed Community Awareness TV - Free to Air 10/12/2014
April 2017
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0134-17 Hungry Jacks
Advertisement Three – ‘Add a NEW Sour Bomb to your Large Frozen Coke for a tongue-twisted sour taste’ Also commencing with the large hand pouring sherbet into a drink, this advertisement then depicts a male cartoon drinking the beverage, pulling a series of faces. The character adds more sherbet to the drink, takes another sip and an a long pink tongue comes shooting out of his mouth, twisting around.
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue Internet 12/04/2017
0148-17 Nissan Motor Co (Aust) Pty Ltd
A 4 WD Ute drives through a herd of cattle. They scatter. It's rips up the creek bank. A small child in the car is apparently taught that this is “fun ".
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 12/04/2017
0155-17 Doughnut Time
A poster outside of the Doughnut Time store located by the busy Town Hall station in Sydney. The brightly coloured poster had a picture of a doughnut that resembled the cartoon character ‘Jake the dog’ from Cartoon Network’s ‘Adventure Time’ and also an image of ‘Finn the Human’. There was text in large print stating ‘IT’S ALWAYS ADVENTURE TIME’ and ‘HERE FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY! It’s always a good time’. The logo of Doughnut time and the logo of the Cartoon Network was at the bottom of the poster. 
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries Poster 12/04/2017
October 2019
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0336-19 Best and Less
This television advertisement depicts women and girls of various ages walking onto a stage, dancing, twirling and jumping as they showcase the new range of Best&Less floral dresses.
Dismissed Clothing TV - Free to Air 23/10/2019
October 2005
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259-05 Triumph International (Aust) Pty Ltd
Triumph - Xtrovert Maximiser - woman wearing bra & undies and looking at viewers in sultry manner
Dismissed Clothing Outdoor 11/10/2005
October 2018
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0466-18 Craveable Brands
Advertising $5 red rooster pack. A father uses a large drill to drill into a wall which has a TV on the other side. The drill goes through the TV.
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 24/10/2018
May 2013
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0138-13 Kotton Kandy
Girls' Swimsuit: http://kottonkandy.com.au/Product-girls-one-piece-swimsuit-watermelon-16.aspxGirls' Swimsuit: http://kottonkandy.com.au/Product-girls-two-piece-swimsuit-cotton-candy-swirl-28.aspxGirls' Swimsuit: http://kottonkandy.com.au/Product-girlstwo-piece-swimsuit-purple-galaxy-22.aspx
Dismissed Clothing Internet 01/05/2013
November 2019
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0372-19 TATA Global Beverages
This television advertisement for Tetley Cold Infusions features a model and comedian Celia Pacquola.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 13/11/2019
September 2000
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262-00 Barbarellas
Barbarellas - For Cheeky Lovers of Passion
Dismissed Entertainment Print 05/09/2000
April 2018
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0141-18 ALDI Australia
It depicts smoking cigarettes in the advertisement.https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1919250404799118&id=290994417624733The above is a link to the original post.I also have a screenshot.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries Internet - Social - Facebook 11/04/2018
December 2019
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0402-19 Hanes Brands Inc
This online advertisement is on the Bonds website and features an image of two men wearing boxers kissing. One man is seated on a kitchen bench and holding a bowel of cereal, the other man is standing in between his legs.
Dismissed Lingerie Internet 11/12/2019
October 2004
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265-04 Rivers (Aust) Pty Ltd
Rivers - ad for men's shirts begins with man on toilet
Dismissed Clothing 12/10/2004
April 2012
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0145-12 iiNet
A man is auditioning in a theatre and is asked by the casting director to portray how he would feel if he had no internet connection. The actor then pulls a face and makes a groaning noise and the casting director mutters, “How did he get in here?” A female voiceover then says that iinet can connect you faster.
Dismissed Telecommunications 24/04/2012
January 2020
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0027-20 Weeks Building Group
This television advertisement features a couple in a taxi at night. As the taxi meter gets higher, the man becomes agitated. He requests that the taxi driver stop and let the couple out, and then the woman is shown walking ahead of him on a footpath. The advertisement cuts to scenes of a new home.
Dismissed Professional Service TV - Free to Air 22/01/2020
August 1999
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268-99 Adelaide Cleaning Equipment Pty Ltd
Adelaide Cleaning Equipment (Jet Fire Heater) No.2
Dismissed 10/08/1999
270-99 Ford Motor Co of Aust Ltd
Ford - Falcon Utility - "Where's the water?" - towed snowboard rider
Dismissed 10/08/1999
February 2020
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0033-20 Yum Restaurants International
This transport advertisement features a person holding a large KFC bucket of chicken with the words 'Bucket why not?'.
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue Transport 12/02/2020
January 2013
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0485-12 Murray Goulburn
The advert showed a father, a son and a mother in law, sitting on a couch discussing how long Devondale Longlife milk lasts.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 16/01/2013
September 2003
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274-03 McDonald's Aust Ltd
McDonald's - Salads - man eats hamburger while woman makes 'healthy' choice.
Dismissed 09/09/2003
December 2010
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0490-10 We Are Signs
The layout of the sign in the complaint is a black and white image of a woman with what an “amazed” look on her face. Her hands are placed on her cheek to emphasise this. Attached are the words “We Blow Our Clients - Away! with Amazing signs!”
Dismissed Professional Services Poster 08/12/2010
April 2020
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0128-20 GMHBA
The television advertisement depicts two boys in a backyard hideout after school. The boys are discussing how much money they will get from the "Tooth Fairy" for their recently lost baby teeth. One boy says he receives $1 while the other receives $2. The boys share a look. The next sceen depicts the second boy putting an extra tooth under his pillow, and then the scene shows him giving the first boy money in the hideout. The boy then start wiggling their teeth. One boy asks if the big ones are worth more.
Dismissed Insurance TV - Free to Air 08/04/2020
August 2006
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277-06 Kellogg (Aust) Pty Ltd
Kellogg - Crunchy Nut - birthday cake - woman blowing out candles, leaning forward with breasts exposed
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 08/08/2006
January 2012
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0494-11 Coca-Cola South Pacific Pty Ltd
The share a coke with Alex advertisement features a range of shots of people called Alex in different situations. In one scene we see a female Alex appearing as though she is about to strike a kangaroo.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 04/01/2012
May 2011
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0159-11 Sportsbet
A Christ-like figure is shown surfing, with the accompanying text, "We're now betting on surfing...it'll take someone to walk on water to beat Slater."
Dismissed Gambling Print 25/05/2011
May 2020
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0160-20 Runaway The Label
This Instagram advertisement is two posts made by influencer Sophie Batzloff.
Dismissed Clothing Internet - Social - Instagram 13/05/2020
March 2003
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28-03 Kellogg (Aust) Pty Ltd
Kellogg - K-Time Fruit Bars - girl steals bar from colleague.
Dismissed 11/03/2003

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