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December 2009
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575-09 Sartso
Sartso - Kevlar Jeans (575/09)TV. Motocycle being ridden in dangerous manner
Dismissed Clothing 09/12/2009
February 2005
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2-05 HGC Administrative Services Pty Ltd
HGC - Club X - Intimate Shaver (TV) "keeping pussies clean shaven" - cat on couch approached with shaver, sounds of distressed cat, then reappears hairless
Dismissed Toiletries 08/02/2005
June 1998
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59-98 Woolstore Furniture Centre
Woolstore Furniture Centre - "bloody disaster."
Dismissed Retail 09/06/1998
August 2004
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201-04 Mitsubishi Motors Aust Ltd
Mitsubishi - Magna - 3 cars on dirt track-describes how each car would perform under "unpredictable conditions"
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued 10/08/2004
March 2003
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63-03 Jim Beam Brands Australia Pty Ltd
Jim Beam - man throws cans out of office window.
Dismissed Alcohol 11/03/2003
November 1998
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207-98 Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries
Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (Sydney Motor Show) - man on aeroplane
Dismissed 10/11/1998
September 2010
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0377-10 Motor Accident Commission SA
A surgeon, pilot and bus driver are all shown about to perform their jobs after taking drugs, whilst a voice over talks about whether you would be happy for them to do this if they were operating on you, flying you or driving you - the message being that you wouldn't trust them so you shouldn't trust yourself to drive if you have been taking drugs. The final statement is "Don't drive on drugs"
Dismissed Community Awareness 08/09/2010
April 2004
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66-04 Red Bull Aust Pty Ltd
Red Bull - pigeon poops on guy's head - he shoots with catapult then kicks bird
Dismissed 13/04/2004
September 2002
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210-02 Australian Paper
Australian Paper - Reflex copy paper - older woman being shown around office, then being hit by ball kicked by staff member playing football
Dismissed 10/09/2002
September 2004
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213-04 Subaru (Aust) Pty Ltd
Subaru - Award Fast Start- sedan leaving ground over hilly road, speeding across expanse of water
Dismissed 14/09/2004
255-04 Kosciusko Thredbo Pty Ltd
Kosciusko Thredbo - man shakes dandruff from hair onto photos to remind him of snow
Dismissed 14/09/2004
March 2002
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71-02 Kellogg (Aust) Pty Ltd
Kellogg - Nutri Grain - 'Mother of a Job' - woman giving birth, various scenes of boy growing up. Nutrician speaking from inside pantry, mum closes door on her. Iron Man Food
Dismissed 12/03/2002
74-02 Unilever Australasia
Unilever - SunSilk - Maximum Shine shampoo - woman comments in head about another woman's hair. Sees hairdresser Joh Bailey "I like the look of him. I wonder if he's. Joh says "Yeah, sorry, I am"
Dismissed Toiletries 12/03/2002
July 1999
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219-99 Kosciusko Thredbo Pty Ltd
Kosciusko Thredbo - Bastards
Dismissed Travel 13/07/1999
March 1999
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76-99 Cuddles 'N Mum
Cuddles 'N' Mum - "Sleeping baby"
Dismissed Retail 09/03/1999
March 2008
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79-08 Reckitt Benckiser (Aust) Pty Ltd
Reckitt Benckiser - Napisan Oxy Action- mother notices stain on schoolboy's shirt - uses Napisan
Dismissed 12/03/2008
March 2013
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0075-13 Global Shop Direct
Schticky is a roller type of product which is advertised to adhere to fluff from clothes, hence attracts the fluff making the clothes appear fluff free. Available at globalshop.com.au.
Dismissed Retail 13/03/2013
July 1998
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84-98 Coca-Cola South Pacific Pty Ltd
Coca-Cola - men playing rugby with watermelon
Dismissed 14/07/1998
August 2007
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231-07 Ford Motor Co of Aust Ltd
Ford - Falcon Utility XR8 - Utopia - two blokes watching world fill with what blokes want - beer fountains, street full of toolshops - sign says "police targetting metrosexuals" and they see police pulling over male drivers
Dismissed 14/08/2007
March 2006
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87-06 David Booth Real Estate Pty Ltd
David Booth Real Estate - sweeping shots of Evolution apartment block units with bikini-clad female by a swimming pool
Dismissed Real Estate 14/03/2006
April 2014
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0087-14 Johnson & Johnson Pacific Pty Ltd
Various scenes of woman describing embarrasing stories experienced because of using pads. One scene has a pad floating in a pool and in another, a girl types into an online search engine, "am I putting it in the right hole."
Dismissed Toiletries 09/04/2014
0095-14 Aldi Australia
Aldi commercial about cheese. Depicted as a group in a Church service and the announcer is a Minister in a church.
Dismissed Retail 09/04/2014
February 1999
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9-99 Woolworths Supermarkets
Woolworths - two young men supermarket shopping looking at frozen carrots - salesgirl asks "You do know how to..?"
Dismissed Retail 09/02/1999
December 1998
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237-98 Australian Dairy Corporation
Australian Dairy Corporation - Victor Chang Inst - belching fridge.
Dismissed 08/12/1998
260-98 Tontine Bedding
Tontine Bedding - "Tontine Bioguard - pillow"
Dismissed 08/12/1998
November 2012
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0416-12 SCA Hygiene Australasia
One woman wakes the other up to go to Boot Camp. The one in bed says she has her period. The first throws a packet of tampons at her and tells her to 'come on'.Next scene, they're sitting in a car, watching men at the boot camp, while drinking coffee.
Dismissed Toiletries 14/11/2012
0424-12 Hasbro Australia Ltd
The advertisement shows animated robot-type toys with large guns on their shoulders and is animated to appear as if the robots are moving and shooting. They then turn into cars and other transport and then turn back into the gun-wielding robots. The voice over says things such as, "More Destruction" and "Annihilation."
Dismissed Toys and Games 14/11/2012
April 1998
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24-98 Collins Foods Group Pty Ltd
Collins Foods Group - Sizzler - "Jesus - loaves and fishes scene"
Dismissed 14/04/1998
October 2010
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0420-10 Australian Education Union
A teacher speaks about a number of students in her class, and their different needs in terms of education. The teacher makes the case that if the class size was smaller, then she would have more time to spend with each individual student, and that each student would then be better able to be educated according to his or her specific needs. For one of the students, the teacher comments, "Dominic is not engaged.
Dismissed Education 27/10/2010
April 2007
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95-07 Castrol Lubricants
Castrol - GTX - cricketer Adam Gilcrist's car overtaken by Barmy Army cricket fans - shown as overweight and pale skinned and sunburnt and described as "mollecular intelligence"
Dismissed 10/04/2007
October 2002
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243-02 The Quit Campaign
Quit Victoria - ad introduces viewer to "your oncologist", "your surgeon", "your chemo nurse" and "your palliative care nurse" - "nice people - but you wouldn't want to meet them" - 30 second version.
Dismissed Community Awareness 10/10/2002
March 2012
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0099-12 Energy Watch
The fictitious Carbon Tax collector approaches Betty (Grandma) asking her to “Pay Up”. Betty states she doesn’t make any carbon in which the carbon tax collector prompts her to pay up again. Ben Polis (Founder-CEO of EnergyWatch) appears explaining that EnergyWatch cannot stop the Carbon Tax however they can help lower power bills. The final 5 seconds is tailored per state (VIC & NSW) addressing what offer is available.
Dismissed House Goods Services 28/03/2012
September 2005
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246-05 McDonald's Aust Ltd
McDonald's - Cajun Nuggets (snowdome) - people looking for water to drink after eating very spicy nuggets - drink liquid from a snowdome ornament
Dismissed 13/09/2005
258-05 Unilever Australasia
Unilever - Continental - Pasta Sauce - actress Mena Suvari at dinner is told by boyfirend she's intelligent and beautiful but they have to break up bcs he expects more now, with Continental Pasta Sauce - explains "it's not me, it's you"
Dismissed 13/09/2005
July 2009
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249-09 Girls Gone Wild
Girls Gone Wild TV (249/09)for phone downloads with highly sexual content. Girl on girl action.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Sex Industry 08/07/2009
October 2002
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252-02 SPC Ardmona Operations Limited
SPC Ardmona - Spaghetti - young girl playing with doll says "wee wee wee" ; young boy hums "bum bum bum" - mother says 'I'll wash your mouth out';
Dismissed 08/10/2002
April 2014
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0122-14 Horticulture Australia Limited
Advertisement about bananas and it had as the catch line NA NA and another rhyming word which i didn't get written down in time.At the end of the ad, the camera pulled back and they were playing the jingle and from the left hand side of the screen a great big very red boxing glove came out and hit a person in the head...with the words on a piece of wood or something, saying no bone bananas.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 23/04/2014
June 2009
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267-09 Youi Car Insurance
Youi - (267/09)- TV car insurance for people with mental illness (obsessive compulsive disorder)- woman folding paper for a prolonger period
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Insurance 10/06/2009
September 2000
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273-00 Cunningham's Warehouse Sales Pty Ltd
Cunningham's - death cards
Dismissed Retail 05/09/2000
August 2008
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276-08 Holden Ltd
Holden - Colorado - loaded vehicle driven in dangerous manner
Dismissed 13/08/2008
October 2005
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279-05 Tetley Australia Pty Ltd
Tetley - tea bags - woman catching elephant droppings then has cup of tea
Dismissed 11/10/2005
281-05 Tricon Restaurants International
Tricon - KFC - Wicked Burger Meal - man driving car while eating chicken
Dismissed 11/10/2005
296-05 Vodafone Network Pty Ltd
Vodafone - Super Cap - man's friends call him "tight arse" bcs he will only text them, not ring direct
Dismissed Telecommunications 11/10/2005
November 2010
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0475-10 Ford Motor Co of Aust Ltd
A woman is driving a red Ford Fiesta over a bridge. She uses a touch screen on the dashboard to select music, which starts playing. We see large bubbles containing people floating around the outside of the car, then the driver says, "Lucas" and on the touch screen the following words are shown: "Phone Dialling Lucas". We then see a bubble with a man in it who has just answered his phone. The car stops and one of the bubbles lands on the ground with a pop.
Dismissed Vehicle 24/11/2010
April 2010
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0144-10 Good Vibrations
A fully clothed woman is sitting on a hill with "Good Vibrations" written across the screen. A female voiceover lists various locations then shows a woman's hand picking up some car keys and a handbag, and the voiceover says "What are you waiting for, get into Good Vibrations". "Are you coming?" End image: Good Vibrations adult erotica. Adult toys, dvds, games, lingerie, magazines and novelties
Dismissed Sex Industry 28/04/2010
February 2010
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29-10 Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Commonwealth Bank - (29/10) TV. Americans pitching an idea to bank executives
Dismissed Finance/Investment 10/02/2010
October 2000
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293-00 Dairy Farmers
Dairy Farmers - Oak - animated cartoon insects - cockroach
Dismissed 17/10/2000
December 2010
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0497-10 Drug and Alcohol Office Western Australia
A glass of red wine is shown being spilt on to a white tablecloth. The wine shows the spread of alcohol through the body, forming bodily organs to eventually form a human body. The voiceover describes alcohol as a carcinogen, the parts of the body where alcohol causes cancer and then provides a recommendation on how to stay at low risk of alcohol caused cancer and other diseases.
Dismissed Community Awareness 08/12/2010
May 2011
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0165-11 Nissan Motor Co (Aust) Pty Ltd
Male voice over describes powerful tradies and we see various tradies performing tasks which highlight their strength: one throws a lawnmower over a fence, another uses a leaf blower to dry his hair and another bends a metal rod over his knees. We then see the new Nissan Navara Tradie which is described as the most powerful tradie there is.
Dismissed Vehicle 25/05/2011
August 2006
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299-06 Bank of South Australia
Bank of SA - Bunny - store owner sees competitor using giant bunny outside store - so he used his broom handle to trip the bunny up and a little girl starts crying
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Finance/Investment 08/08/2006

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