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February 2007
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5-07 Just Fitness
Just Fitness - woman standing on forklift pallet in warehouse
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued 13/02/2007
June 1999
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183-99 Nissan Motor Co (Aust) Pty Ltd
Nissan - "New Patrol 4.2 litre Turbo Diesel"
Dismissed 08/06/1999
February 2000
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19-00 Kellogg (Aust) Pty Ltd
Kellogg - Nutri Grain Surf League - 'To hell and back'
Dismissed 08/02/2000
June 2003
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192-03 Froggy Internet Services
Froggy Internet - frog croaking covers up man saying 'f***'.
Dismissed Radio 10/06/2003
174-03 Douwe Egberts Australia
Douwe Egberts - Moccona Mocha Duet - two bodies intertwined - one black, one white "It's coffee. It's chocolate"
Dismissed Outdoor 10/06/2003
January 2009
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555-08 Advanced Medical Institute
AMI - Men do it LONGER
Dismissed Outdoor 21/01/2009
August 2002
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196-02 Reckitt Benckiser (Aust) Pty Ltd
Reckitt Benckiser - Harpic - woman advises us her husband is "really strong, and a bit thick"
Dismissed 12/08/2002
June 2008
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200-08 The CAPS Clinic
CAPS Clinic - compares nurses to dermal clinicians
Dismissed Radio 11/06/2008
November 1998
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206-98 Pampas
Pampas - "Little boy leaving home"
Dismissed 10/11/1998
February 2005
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21-05 Summit Holden
Summit Holden - white man with face painted balck and wearing afro wig
Dismissed 08/02/2005
355-04 Honda Australia Pty Ltd
Honda - car travelling at high speed on winding roads, on wrong side of road, sound of high pitched racing car
Dismissed 08/02/2005
June 2006
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212-06 B & B Heating Centre Tasmania
B & B Heating - blonde girl wearing red bikini standing to left and male voiceover announces special deals
Dismissed 13/06/2006
September 2002
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216-02 George Weston Foods Limited
George Weston - Tip Top - eskimos in igloo have Omega-3 rich diet, then after avalanche are stranded on ice.
Dismissed 10/09/2002
219-02 Australian Dairy Corporation
Australian Dairy Corporation - feed children three serves of dairy products daily.
Dismissed Print 10/09/2002
April 2003
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76-03 Honda Australia Pty Ltd
Honda - Odyssey -baby in car driver's seat.
Dismissed 08/04/2003
April 2002
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84-02 Clorox Aust Pty Ltd
Clorox - Chux Robust - woman finds kitchen a mess and cleans up, then enters loung to find man, boy and dog have messaed that up too
Dismissed 09/04/2002
July 2009
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233-09 Australian Football League
AFL - TV ad for the "League of their Own" including footage of bull fighting
Dismissed 08/07/2009
April 1999
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89-99 Mercantile Mutual Holdings Ltd
Mercantile Mutual Holdings - Mercantile Mutual Cup
Dismissed Print 13/04/1999
112-99 Supa Clean Machine Hand Carwash
Supa Clean Machine Hand Carwash - "Best hand-job in town"
Dismissed Outdoor 13/04/1999
December 1998
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236-98 Freedom Furniture Ltd
Freedom Furniture - "I love you Baby"
Dismissed Cinema 08/12/1998
May 2001
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92-01 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota - LandCruiser - 'Battle of the Elements' - 'bloody weather'
Dismissed 08/05/2001
October 2002
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242-02 Performance Automobiles
Performance Automobiles - Nissan 200 ZX - 'fast and furious'.
Dismissed Print 08/10/2002
October 2001
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249-01 Holden Ltd
Holden - Commodore Series 2 - man drives around toys as obstacles in driveway
Dismissed 09/10/2001
July 2006
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257-06 Hyundai Motor Company Australia Pty Ltd
Hyundai - Grandeur 194 V6 - Drive The Dream - sleeping man with eyelids tremouring as he dreams of driving the car
Dismissed 11/07/2006
February 1999
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26-99 Sony Computer Entertainment Aust Pty Ltd
Sony Computer Entertainment - Double Lives
Dismissed 09/02/1999
March 2003
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27-03 Kellogg (Aust) Pty Ltd
Kellogg - Just Right - newsreader reports giant banana, coconut & apples trees missing.
Dismissed 11/03/2003
August 2008
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278-08 Advanced Medical Institute
AMI - Want Longer Lasting SEX 278/08 - re-examination of 20/07
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Outdoor 13/08/2008
September 2007
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283-07 Sleepyhead Bedding
Sleepyhead - The Boss - woman talks about sleeping with her boss - sexual poses and seductive voice
Dismissed TV - Pay 11/09/2007
September 1999
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286-99 Ford Motor Co of Aust Ltd
Ford - Falcon S - "Couple on beach - perfume 'Attraction'"
Dismissed 14/09/1999
March 2000
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29-00 Schweppes Cottee's
Schweppes Cottee's - Solo - Outdoor - 'After Clocking Off, Knock One Off'
Dismissed Outdoor 14/03/2000
October 2005
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295-05 Mitsubishi Motors Aust Ltd
Mitsubishi - Lancer - driver & passenger being thrust backward through seats as a result of fast acceleration
Dismissed 11/10/2005
May 1999
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100-99 Mitsubishi Motors Aust Ltd
Mitsubishi - Magna - "Red sports car overtakes the Magna"
Dismissed 11/05/1999
October 2007
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315-07 Mitsubishi Motors Aust Ltd
Mitsubishi - Triton - driver of automatic car has a hand free to grab the neck of his passenger, whose singing he doesn't like
Dismissed Radio 09/10/2007
May 2003
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119-03 Nestle Chilled Dairy
Nestle - Chilled Dairy - All Natural Yogurt - Indians singing and dancing.
Dismissed 13/05/2003
145-03 Meat & Livestock Australia Ltd
Meat & Livestock - 'Training' - Under-11s soccer match - Billy looks tired then starts eating meat.
Dismissed 13/05/2003
April 2006
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121-06 Energex Limited
Energex - Drop Everything - staff respond immediately to emergency - Adam leaves food half eaten; Pam leaves redecorating job with mauve paint dripping down walls; Guy leaves his dog sopping wet from a half-finished bath
Dismissed 11/04/2006
April 2009
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124-09 Rozelle Rugs
Rozelle Rugs - closing down sale with photographic image of girl with "sale' written across her face implying she is for sale
Dismissed Print 08/04/2009
September 2008
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327-08 Hyundai Motor Company Australia Pty Ltd
Hyundai - iLoad - tradesman is asked about the van - bleeped out swear words
Dismissed Radio 10/09/2008
December 2004
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330-04 Peter Brown Auto Electrics
Peter Brown Auto Electrics - "turning hot pussies into cool cats" - car air conditioning
Dismissed 07/12/2004
October 2003
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334-03 Goodman Fielder Baking Australia
Goodman Fielder - Wonderwhite - skeleton family.
Dismissed 14/10/2003
362-03 Mitsubishi Motors Aust Ltd
Mitsubishi - Magna - Red & silver cars shown with no number plates - 'We didn't stop at ----'
Dismissed 14/10/2003
September 2008
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340-08 Advanced Medical Institute
AMI - shop-a-docket - "Men - you can last longer! Nasal Delivery Technology. Call the doctors at AMI to enquire about longer lasting love making - with coloured image of a man and woman in bed smiling
Dismissed Print 16/09/2008
June 2002
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142-02 Energex Limited
Energex - "Is there a killer in your home?" Woman viewing lineup to identify killer among faulty electrical appliances
Dismissed 11/06/2002
December 2005
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344-05 Radio Rentals Ltd
Radio Rentals - "shagged furniture" shows mattress simulating sex
Dismissed Outdoor 13/12/2005
June 2005
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150-05 Goodman Fielder Limited
Goodman Fielder - Country Cup - shows a masked male robber being beaten by a female security guard
Dismissed 14/06/2005
June 2007
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153-07 Lowenbrau Keller
Lowenbrau Keller - woman in German costume with low-cut cleavage holding 2 steins of beer as man looks down front of her dress at her breasts "We love working here"
Dismissed Transport 12/06/2007
October 2008
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368-08 Thrifty Link Hardware
Thrifty Link Hardware - Red Symons hits child in face with ball, knocking glasses off, then swings him too high and tells scary bedtime stories
Dismissed 08/10/2008
November 2007
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371-07 Carpet Call
Carpet Call - Paradoor Flooring - glass ashtray with half-smoked cigarette to prove smell of tobacco smoke won't affect product
Dismissed 19/11/2007
October 1998
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169-98 McDonald's Aust Ltd
McDonald's - Massive McMuffin
Dismissed 13/10/1998
February 2006
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383-05 Davey Products Pty Ltd
Davey - Torrium - woman abuses husband because she had no hot water in the bathroom
Dismissed 14/02/2006

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