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August 2002
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201-02 Nando's Australia Pty Ltd
Nando's - 'News broadcast' - asylum seekers unsewing lips for special chicken offier; asylum seekers escaping to get to Nando's for special offer. 2 ads
Dismissed Radio 12/08/2002
January 2011
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0537-10 Sportscene
The advertisement is a montage of audio-visual footage advertising the pre-Christmas prices of various sporting goods for sale at Sportscene stores at Port Pirie and Port Augusta. The advertisement contains images of Sportscene employees demonstrating various sports equipment that is on sale including a brief scene of an employee throwing a dart at a dart board held by another. The employees shown in the image are clearly adults.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued 19/01/2011
August 2005
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204-05 Holden Ltd
Holden - Adventra - Big Red kangaroo hops along dirt track while 4WD crashes through bushland
Dismissed 09/08/2005
March 2002
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66-02 LG Electronics Aust Pty Ltd
LG Electronics - man knocks soccer ball from under youth sitting on it
Dismissed 12/03/2002
May 2000
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68-99 Tenneco Automotive T/A Monroe Pty Ltd
Tenneco Automotive (T/A Monroe Aust - man smashing car)
Dismissed 09/05/2000
June 2002
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105-02 Land Rover Australia
Land Rover - Discovery "Jogger" - jogging man stops to drip water from leaf into his mouth "Been anywhere interesting lately?
Dismissed 11/06/2002
May 2001
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108-01 Holden Ltd
Holden - Commodore SS sedan - speed as an 'escape' for young male driver
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued 08/05/2001
September 2004
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231-04 Fujifilm Australia Pty Ltd
Fujifilm - terrorist hostage freed after showing photos of family
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued 14/09/2004
August 2007
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237-07 Peppers Retreats & Resorts
Peppers - couple perched on cliff top overlooking Blue Mountains
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Print 14/08/2007
April 2007
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92-07 National Australia Bank Ltd
National Australia Bank/AFL - Auskick - recruiting only young boys to play Auskick - not girls
Dismissed 10/04/2007
98-07 Invocare
Invocare - White Lady Funerals - "A woman's understanding"
Dismissed Outdoor 10/04/2007
April 1999
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119-99 Freeman Home Improvements & Kresta Blinds
Freeman Home Improvements & Kresta Blinds
Dismissed 13/04/1999
May 2004
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95-04 Funtastic Limited
Funtastic - MGA Entertainment - Bratz dolls - "Don't theorise. Accessorise".
Dismissed 11/05/2004
June 2001
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122-01 Unilever Australasia
Unilever - Flora ProActiv Margarine - man jumping off cliff is in fact bungee jumping
Dismissed 12/06/2001
August 1999
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242-99 Holden Ltd
Holden - Commodore SS Series II - vehicle being driven at speed, including repeatedly crossing centre line.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued 10/08/1999
261-99 McCormick Foods Aust Pty Ltd
McCormick Foods - Keen's - "Barbecue"
Dismissed Print 10/08/1999
June 2004
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125-04 Kellogg (Aust) Pty Ltd
Kellogg - Sustain Select - telemarketer rings, so woman pretends to be answering machine to avoid taking call
Dismissed 08/06/2004
140-04 Goodman Fielder Baking Australia
Goodman Fielder - Meadowlea White Wings choc-chip cookies - 2 kids brought to hospital emergency with hands stuck in jar - pokes tongue out at older patient
Dismissed 08/06/2004
August 2003
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246-03 Holden Ltd
Holden - Caprice - fog lights illuminated during day - James Bond theme.
Dismissed 12/08/2003
256-03 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota - Corolla Sportivo - (TV) - car travelling fast along narrow winding road - driver displays aggessive speeding behaviour-headlocks old man when introduced
Dismissed 12/08/2003
September 1998
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131-98 Australian Milk Marketing
Australian Milk Marketing - playing football with milk carton
Dismissed 08/09/1998
October 2001
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253-01 Ford Motor Co of Aust Ltd
Ford - Courier - hotel towed to brewery truck
Dismissed 09/10/2001
May 2008
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143-08 Carpet Court
Carpet Court - court jester's head on chopping block - hat falls off instead of head
Dismissed 19/05/2008
November 2001
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265-01 Pacific Access Pty Ltd
Pacific Access - www.yellowpages.com.au - 'Visit 40 pubs in your lunch hour.'
Dismissed Print 13/11/2001
October 1998
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146-98 Berri Ltd
Berri Ltd - swearing
Dismissed 13/10/1998
July 2001
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152-01 Konica Australia Pty Ltd
Konica Australia - attractive female office worker describes photocopier to male colleagues
Dismissed 10/07/2001
November 2002
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274-02 Holden Ltd
Holden - Commodore - baby in a stroller being wheeled by mother,around corners sharply - then shows young man driving car "You always had a thing for corners"
Dismissed 12/11/2002
July 2002
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155-02 Sanyo Australia Pty Ltd
Sanyo Australia - man seemingly watching lawn bowls falling asleep, then we see he's watching it at home on big screen TV
Dismissed 09/07/2002
October 2005
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277-05 Sanitarium Health Food Company
Sanitarium - Up and Go - young man drinking product in electrical store, collects many fans, places flow of air upwards to create enough fanned air to keep him afloat when he jumps off desk
Dismissed 11/10/2005
February 2002
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28-02 KIA Automotive Australia
KIA - Rio - wind machine blows woman off-screen - 'What else do you need?'
Dismissed 12/02/2002
34-02 Honda Australia Pty Ltd
Honda - CRV - Rural 4WD - woman "L" driver swerves into bush to avoid tortoise
Dismissed 12/02/2002
June 2000
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167-00 Unilever Australasia
Unilever - Continental - Cup-A-Soup - Lots-A-Pasta - "Eat. Revive. Make it to 5"
Dismissed 13/06/2000
July 2009
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288-09 Hasbro Australia Ltd
Hasbro Australlia Ltd (288/09) TV Baby alive doll receives medicine from spoon and up nose
Dismissed 08/07/2009
February 2005
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17-05 Taubmans Pty Ltd
Taubmans - TV - Silk Teflon paint - image of baby's bottom with music and Tom Jones' song "Sex Bomb" changed to "teflon teflon…"
Dismissed 08/02/2005
3-05 McDonald's Aust Ltd
McDonald's - Pecking Order - young man arriving for work experience is given list of lunches for large office
Dismissed 08/02/2005
364-04 Mitsubishi Motors Aust Ltd
Mitsubishi - Colt - revving sound of motor, child says "The light's turned green - Bingo" - radio ad
Dismissed Radio 08/02/2005
372-04 Summit Holden
Summit Holden - "Cheeky Deals on Astra" - girl in red bikini bottom show from rear, getting into car
Dismissed Print 08/02/2005
August 2006
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290-06 Subway Sandwiches & Salads
Subway - Souvlaki - new arrivals to Australia leaving ship with loads of food items intimating they must have had a Subway on board.
Dismissed 08/08/2006
July 2004
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172-04 Mitsubishi Motors Aust Ltd
Mitsubishi - Lancer ES - Adam & Eve - naked people wearing fig leaves
Dismissed 13/07/2004
December 2001
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301-01 Streets Ice Cream
Unilever - Streets - Magnum - Strawberry Blonde Magnum Cone - naked woman licks pixelled cone
Dismissed Outdoor 11/12/2001
314-01 Carter Holt Harvey Tissue Aust Pty Ltd
Carter Holt Harvey - Sorbent Extra Thick - boy locks himself in loo
Dismissed 11/12/2001
December 2002
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305-02 Mazda Australia Pty Limited
Mazda - Bravo - man leaves dog behind and drives off in Bravo.
Dismissed Radio 10/12/2002
September 2007
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308-07 Kosciusko Thredbo Pty Ltd
Kosciusko Thredbo - men chatting at bar, another approaches to join them, but they sign "Sorry we are deaf". When he leaves they continue chatting in English
Dismissed 11/09/2007
February 1999
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310-98 Holden Ltd
Holden - Astra - "You Sexy Thing"
Dismissed 09/02/1999
November 2005
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317-05 Valcorp Fine Foods Pty Ltd
Valcorp - Dilmah Tea - Ceylonese picking tea leaves then serving white people with the tea in an elegant setting
Dismissed 08/11/2005
February 2009
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32-09 Planbuild
Planbuild - Billboard of naked woman wearing a tool belt and holding a saw across her chest
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Outdoor 11/02/2009
September 2006
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346-06 Buzzbee Toys
Buzzbee Toys - Tommy 20 - real boy in animated environment is introduced to a toy repeating automatic gun which fires soft missiles
Dismissed 12/09/2006
November 2007
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353-07 Holden Ltd
Holden - Hummer (Internet) - front grille of Hummer and words "now get lost"
Dismissed Internet 13/11/2007
February 2006
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38-06 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota - Lexus IS250 - black car with wheels splashing water under a diver on springboard and two black bulls to left and right. Diver and bulls merge into car and car drives through water towards camera and stops.
Dismissed 14/02/2006
384-05 McDonald's Aust Ltd
McDonald's - young mother with bowl of healthy salad, but daughter has only a small pack of fries
Dismissed 14/02/2006

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