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May 2015
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0155-15 Ultra Tune Australia
The ad is for Ultra Tune. Advertising they now do rubber with two women in S&M gear rolling over cars, cracking wips and licking and kissing tyres
Dismissed Automotive Cinema 13/05/2015
December 2016
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0532-16 Super Cheap Auto Pty Ltd
The advertisement features 4 raised 4WD Ute being driven furiously and dangerously on a beach and on public roads. Super Cheap Auto and the producers of this advertisement should hang their heads in shames, as should Shell and Castrol. I have uploaded a copy of the ad to YouTube: https://youtu.be/V6eH-2u2Rw
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Automotive TV - Free to Air 07/12/2016
January 2017
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0570-16 Bally Cafe and Splash
The flyer was for a bikini car wash - image of woman
Dismissed Automotive Mail 18/01/2017
July 2014
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0277-14 My Plates
Ad 1 features a man passing gas in a car repeatedly. The voiceover says something along the lines of "Ladies, you never know what your man gets up to with your car. Get these plates on your car so he wont go anywhere near it".
Dismissed Automotive TV - Free to Air 23/07/2014
August 2014
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0327-14 Valvoline (Aust) Pty Ltd
I have complaints regarding two advertisements that my grandchildren and I observed during the AFL football on channel 7 on Saturday afternoon and early evening. The second ad was for VALVOLINE Oil where drivers are turned into werewolf type characters, driving very fast.
Dismissed Automotive TV - Free to Air 27/08/2014
February 2016
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0024-16 Ultra Tune Australia
Ad shows 2 attractive women fully dressed in skin tight rubber outfits with very low cleavages. They look seductively at the camera and dance around. The ad says "We're into rubber.".
Dismissed Automotive TV - Free to Air 10/02/2016
0020-16 Ultra Tune Australia
Ad for car servicing featuring two women in a car caught on a train track.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Automotive TV - Free to Air 10/02/2016
February 2020
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0051-20 Ultra Tune Australia
There are two versions of this television advertisement which feature Warwick Capper and Pamela Anderson.
Dismissed Automotive TV - Free to Air 12/02/2020
March 2018
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0085-18 Mr Wongs Hydraulics
The promotion material is RACIST and insulting. The image of the cartoon man is offensive and the tag line mocks those from the Asian community,
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Automotive Internet - Social - Facebook 07/03/2018
February 2015
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0023-15 Novus Auto Glass
Radio communication advertising the autoglass repair or replacement company known as "Novus autoglass" operating in the Southwest of WA. The advert continually states "If you're in xxxx, show us your crack; if you're in yyyy or zzzz, show us your crack, etc"
Dismissed Automotive Radio 11/02/2015
February 2017
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0043-17 Ultra Tune Australia
Using sexually objectified women to sell car maintenance
Dismissed Automotive Internet 08/02/2017
December 2017
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0547-17 2SM
A female voice describes her experience in visiting Peter Warren Automotive. She tells listeners that "as a female" she was uncomfortable and nervous and didn't know what to expect. The ad then goes on to describe how Peter Warren Automotive made it easy and how comfortable she felt, or a similar message such as that.
Dismissed Automotive Radio 06/12/2017
September 2019
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0296-19 General Motors Holden Australia NSC Ltd
This television advertisement features two storylines concurrently. One focussing on a vehicle travelling through the snow, and one focussing on a handbag snatcher.
Dismissed Automotive TV - Free to Air 25/09/2019
November 2019
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0371-19 Exclusive Tyre Distributors Pty Ltd
This internet advertisement features an image of a man and woman entering the ocean with surfboards. The man is wearing boardshorts and the woman is wearing a one-piece swimsuit.
Dismissed Automotive Internet 13/11/2019
August 2020
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0203-20 Dapco
This television advertisement features five women in red and white cheerleader uniforms. They each have a letter on the front of their uniform which spells 'DAPCO'.
Dismissed Automotive TV - Free to Air 26/08/2020
December 2014
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0504-14 Cars Guide
A young lady standing on the right of screen in front of a purple background and an older man standing on the left side in front of a white background. A man is hit in the head and groin by a ball or by bees.
Dismissed Automotive TV - Free to Air 10/12/2014
0510-14 East Shores IT
It was advertising how to get your computer fixed but the voiceover used the word Mongrel.
Dismissed Information Technology Radio 10/12/2014
0505-14 Computer Troubleshooters
The advertising was promoting themselves as skilled I.t professionals. During the advertisement the F word is beeped out as someone gets frustrated with their computer not working properly.
Dismissed Information Technology Radio 10/12/2014
May 2018
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0251-18 Caltex Australia Ltd
A short video clip showcasing the new 3 option meal deal with caltex to save 30% on the cost of the products.
Dismissed Automotive Internet 23/05/2018
February 2012
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0019-12 Hewlett-Packard Australia Pty Ltd
A man wakes to noises in his house and goes down stairs to investigate. He finds two of his friends watch a scary movie. They are all frightened by the life-like quality of a zombie-like character that appears on the screen during the movie.
Dismissed Information Technology TV - Pay 08/02/2012
0017-12 Hewlett-Packard Australia Pty Ltd
A man wakes to noises in his house and goes down stairs to investigate. He finds two of his friends watch a scary movie. They are all frightened by the life-like quality of a zombie-like character that appears on the screen during the movie.
Dismissed Information Technology 08/02/2012
0029-12 Hewlett-Packard Australia Pty Ltd
A man wakes to noises in his house and goes down stairs to investigate. He finds two of his friends watch a scary movie. They are all frightened by the life-like quality of a zombie-like character that appears on the screen during the movie.
Dismissed Information Technology Cinema 08/02/2012
April 2018
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0189-18 Squarespace Inc
It is in the category of internet. A man riding a motor bike in a reckless, illegal way on a public road!
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Information Technology TV - Free to Air 24/04/2018
September 2017
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0405-17 Navman Australia Pty Ltd
The wife criticising the husbands driving she is offensive and abusive.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Information Technology Radio 27/09/2017
August 2010
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0321-10 Crazy Domains
The advertisement depicts two women (one being Pamela Anderson) dressed in bikinis. The imagery is heavily pixilated so the two women are not identifiable and their actions cannot be made out. Underneath the pixiliated imagery are a series of subtitles (the script of these subtitles is set out below).
Dismissed Information Technology 11/08/2010
August 2016
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0313-16 Telstra Corporation Ltd
People traveling in and ON the roof of a yellow bus.
Dismissed Information Technology TV - Free to Air 10/08/2016
July 2015
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0272-15 Crazy Domains
Set in a massage room, with the masseuse being a male dressed as a female (in no way is that the reason for my complaint)
Dismissed Information Technology TV - Free to Air 08/07/2015
May 2020
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0156-20 VentraIP Australia
This advertisement is a blog post on the advertiser's website and features the text "Fuck COVID-19".
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Information Technology Internet 13/05/2020
June 2010
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0247-10 Gizmo Computer Repairs
The advertisement is for Gizmo home computer help. It starts with an anxious caller who has a computer emergency, calling an emergency line and asking for Gizmo. Gizmo assists the caller with the computer emergency and the caller expresses relief and thanks.
Dismissed Information Technology Radio 22/06/2010
August 2014
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0282-14 Internode
Man sitting in front of tv eating popcorn who lifts shirt up to his chin exposing his abdomen and chest who then rubs his front and tips popcorn over himself.
Dismissed Information Technology TV - Free to Air 13/08/2014
May 2013
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0143-13 Centrecom
A girl needs help buying a computer and then there are several different accented men talking in whats meant to be IT jargon at her till a lovely "aussie" from centrecom helps her.
Dismissed Information Technology Radio 01/05/2013
April 2020
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0121-20 Apple
This Twitter advertisement begins with a hand of a person using an Apple Pencil to edit out a man from a photo on an iPad Pro of a man and a woman leaping into water. The advertisement zooms out to see the person holding the iPad Pro patting a dog and the caption “Perfecting your memories” superimposes over the scene. The words “Easy as iPad” appear on screen, the words “Easy as” are erased in the same way as the photo was edited by the Apple Pencil and ?nally “iPad” is replaced with the Apple logo.
Dismissed Information Technology Internet - Social - Twitter 08/04/2020
March 2020
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0084-20 Geeks2U Pty Limited
This radio advertisement features a voice over speaking to Eugene from Geeks 2 U.
Dismissed Information Technology Radio 25/03/2020
July 2020
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0214-20 Telstra
This television advertisement depicts a large floating geometric block, used to represent carbon.
Dismissed Information Technology TV - Free to Air 22/07/2020
August 2010
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0353-10 Adam Internet
The ad in question is one of four in a series that addresses the key problems often experienced by internet users. The ‘Internet’ is personified with a man wearing a top labelling him ‘Internet’. He is sitting with a lady on the couch and initially looks pleased to assist her with her internet activity which she asks him to perform. At which time the ‘Internet’ man in the t-shirt responds in an unstable manner and appears overwhelmed with the tasks being requested. It then cuts to voice over and image asking the viewer ‘Is your internet unstable?” ... just ask Adam.
Dismissed Information Technology 25/08/2010
September 2015
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0363-15 Apple
Ad for Apple Watch - Ad is called closer - and is also available onlinehttp://images.apple.com/media/au/watch/2015/a718f271_b19c_47d8_928d_d108fc5d702a/tv-spots/closer/watch-closer-au-20150716_848x480.mp4
Dismissed Information Technology TV - Free to Air 23/09/2015
March 2019
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0075-19 GoDaddy.com
Ray Meagher promoting how he built a website to sell fragrance. At 17 seconds he says "even an old bloke like me did it". 
Dismissed Information Technology TV - Free to Air 20/03/2019
April 2011
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0132-11 Sites n Stores
A male voice over asks if your web designer works from his bedroom, if is he your cousin or if he lives in Delhi. The voice over then goes on to promote Sites N Stores and the prices they charge to create a website.
Dismissed Information Technology Radio 27/04/2011
May 2015
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0200-15 Wix Web Builder
Every time I see this ad on Foxtel it offends me and disturbs me that a violent message is being given to young people. You see a teenage band recording in a studio and at the end the young guitarist smashes his guitar and then picks up the microphone stand and smashes the glass window of the recording studio. This is NOT funny and very aggressive.
Dismissed Information Technology TV - Pay 27/05/2015
July 2013
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0221-13 The SEO Company Australia
The male voice over starts out by saying;"You can't get it up can you?""You poor bugger, you just can't get it up"Continues along this line and adds that they can help you get it up and get some Google loving.
Dismissed Information Technology Radio 10/07/2013
July 2017
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0281-17 Harvey Norman
trying to show a reason to buy this product, we are shown bearded actors who supposedly have a bread? distribution business who rely on this product to expand their business and make it grow.
Dismissed Information Technology TV - Free to Air 12/07/2017
March 2016
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0068-16 Aussie Broadband
A man with a dressed chicken taped to his back runs off and another person lets a Rottwheeler dag loose to chase him.
Dismissed Information Technology TV - Free to Air 09/03/2016
0079-16 Chrysler Australia Pty Ltd
The ad displays a older gentlemen with a women in a seductive position. He tries to take a blue pill (clearly viagra) which misses and goes down a drown. It eventually goes into the hole where petrol in the advertised FIAT car where the car becomes bulky and becomes bigger (clearly due to viagra affects)
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Pay 09/03/2016
April 2018
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0156-18 IBM
A black man is depicted with the words: "Be known for your breakthroughs, not your break-ins"
Dismissed Information Technology Internet 11/04/2018
November 2010
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0452-10 Lexus Australia
A man driving in various on-road situations in a black Lexus IS 350. Throughout his journey the man has to be patient as he experiences various traffic-jam situations (peak hour traffic; railway crossing hold-up; sheep surrounding the vehicle on a country road; pedestrian crossings etc). The vehicle is stationary throughout the commercial until the very end. It finishes with the IS 350 using the overtaking lane to pass a 40km/h caravan. The voice over states "Isn't it funny how the more power you have the more patience you require? Introducing the incredibly powerful Lexus IS 350.
Dismissed Vehicle 10/11/2010
September 2011
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0330-11 KIA Automotive Australia
The commercial shows a man driving along the road in a Kia Sportage singing to music that reminds him of the times he had as a younger man. He imagines having one of his favorite songs playing with the actual musicians in the car with him, his ideal fantasy. Upon arriving at home his partner reminds him that he was supposed to be buying nappies for his young child. We see the Kia logo and the text, "Sportage. Grow up, not old."
Dismissed Vehicle 14/09/2011
August 2019
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0250-19 Wicked Campers
Wicked Campervan advertising moving includes the phrase "It's a great cunt of a day" South Australian registration number plates S571 BUP
Upheld - Not Modified or Discontinued Vehicle Transport 07/08/2019
March 2013
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0091-13 Chrysler Australia Pty Ltd
Fiat vehicle driving with fog lights on and there is no indication off raining or fog.
Dismissed Vehicle 27/03/2013
April 2019
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0102-19 Holden Ltd
People are seen fleeing a party with men in black chasing them. A red Holden Equinox is seen driving through the streets trying to escape riders on motor bikes. It's then seen driving through a container terminal. At one point, it is seen being reversed, then making what is described as a 180 (ie) where the vehicle makes a sudden 180 degree turn and faces the opposite direction.  
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Vehicle TV - Free to Air 17/04/2019
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

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