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October 2018
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Media Determination datesort ascending
0454-18 Ford Motor Co of Aust Ltd
Ford vehicle that shows a man walking out in front of a car that has automatic breaking.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 24/10/2018
0448-18 Honey Birdette
Advertisement features a woman wearing black lingerie sitting behind the wheel of a convertible. The caption says "The Arrival...MARIA'.
Dismissed Lingerie Poster 24/10/2018
0469-18 Unilever Australasia
The advertisement depicted one elderly man handing another elderly man a large mug of tea bearing the slogan OLD FART.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 24/10/2018
0451-18 Honey Birdette
The advertisement features a woman in a tuxedo facing a woman in red lingerie. The caption says 'surrender to her command CANDICE'.
Dismissed Lingerie Poster 24/10/2018
October 2018
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Media Determination datesort ascending
0435-18 Sony Pictures Releasing Pty Ltd
Dark monochrome image of a half-man, half sharp-toothed menacing monster
Dismissed Entertainment Transport 10/10/2018
0430-18 Wicked Campers
Wicked Van with slogan on the back - "Every time you masturbate God Kills a kitten". Rego is 1CWZ 736 (WA)
Upheld - Not Modified or Discontinued Travel Transport 10/10/2018
0439-18 Universal Music Aust Ltd
Billboard advertisement for Eminem's Kamikaze album. Black background. Aeroplane going to the left.
Dismissed Entertainment Billboard 10/10/2018
0434-18 Sony Pictures Releasing Pty Ltd
There are graphic scary scenes thrust into our faces- of a monster with long sharp teeth about to devour a person and there is another scene where a person is in agony writhing on the ground. 
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Entertainment TV - Free to Air 10/10/2018
0443-18 ING Direct
Isla Fisher without warning burst the balloons of all non ING customers, which happen to be female and she also proceeds to burst the balloon held by a young female without asking her if she is a customer, she assumes she is. All the people targeted in the add are female. All the men in the ad are ING customers (funny that) and she gives them a balloon (without bursting it).
Dismissed Finance/Investment TV - Free to Air 10/10/2018
0433-18 Honey Birdette
The shop window display of Honey Birdette features two women in black lingerie standing on a balcony with the caption 'an affair like no other - MRS ROBINSON'.
Upheld - Not Modified or Discontinued Lingerie Poster 10/10/2018
0438-18 Sportsbet
Young man sitting on a car bonnet. Overvoice talking about how his mum paid for the car. Similar theme in other ads targetting young people in their late teens.
Dismissed Gambling TV - Free to Air 10/10/2018
0442-18 Domino's Pizza Australia Pty Ltd
It’s an ad for Dominos big New York style pizza that has swearing beeped out at the end. 
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 10/10/2018
0437-18 Sony Computer Entertainment Aust Pty Ltd
The advert was a PlayStation 4 game, “Fortnite” being aired on a children's television channel, Cartoon Network.
Dismissed Entertainment TV - Pay 10/10/2018
0441-18 Geocon
The billboards for the Tryst apartments  contain a close up of one or two women with the suggestion of intimacy. 
Dismissed Real Estate Billboard 10/10/2018
0445-18 SAHMRI
During this advertisement the narrator talks about syphilis and sex. At one point they say “we all like to have sex”.There was also a cartoon of two people being intimate in bed.
Dismissed Community Awareness TV - Free to Air 10/10/2018
0432-18 Sportsbet
Interruption of a process - in particular, turning a clay pot, resulting in the destruction of the item being worked on, implying that none of these pastimes are as satisfying or valuable as a sportsbet multi. 
Dismissed Gambling TV - Free to Air 10/10/2018
0440-18 Inspirations Paint
Woman was cleaning up after husband and he texted her saying he was at the pub and she sent back a smiley face.
Dismissed House Goods Services TV - Free to Air 10/10/2018
0431-18 Sportsbet
Interruption of a process - in particular, trimming bonsai, resulting in the destruction of the item being worked on, implying that none of these pastimes are as satisfying or valuable as a sportsbet multi. 
Dismissed Gambling TV - Free to Air 10/10/2018
0444-18 Wicked Campers
Wicked Camper Van with SA registered plates 'S011 BMU'. The back of the van features the words 'Life is like a bowl of soup, you only get blown when you're hot...' and the side of the van features a picture of an alien pointing a finger upwards and the words 'GET iT UP YA'.
Upheld - Not Modified or Discontinued Travel Transport 10/10/2018
September 2018
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Media Determination datesort ascending
0419-18 First State Super
Image of a car accident with a rolled vehicle and a trapped person with their arm dangling out. 
Dismissed Finance/Investment TV - Free to Air 26/09/2018
0409-18 Lion
The Instagram post dated June 28th 2018 (https://www.instagram.com/p/BkjtA0UHMao/?taken-by=brisbanegirlsabroad) depicts two young women holding bottles of XXXX Summer Bright Lager. The post is from Brisbane Girls Abroad’s Instagram page that has 7,399 followers (https://www.instagram.com/brisbanegirlsabroad/) and is captioned: “When you lug a picnic up the mountain only for it to pour rain as soon as you sit down ????????We’ve always wanted to picnic at the top of Ngungun...didn’t quite turn out how we expected ???????
Dismissed Alcohol Internet - Social - Instagram 26/09/2018
0402-18 Chemist Warehouse
A "Mother" orchestrates a symphony consisting of her "Family" coughing and treats them with the various Duro-Tuss formulations.
Dismissed Health Products TV - On Demand 26/09/2018
0414-18 Kerr's Hire
The talk is of questions in a training seminar and one guy keeps saying a brand of equipment. He ends the ad saying he feels the woman conducting the quiz is a bit of a "wacker" herself.
Dismissed Hardware/Machinery Radio 26/09/2018
0422-18 Tribe Breweries
The Instagram post dated July 3rd 2018 (https://www.instagram.com/p/BkvyvkvAD3p/?taken-by=wilde_beer) depicts two social media influencers with one drinking a bottle of Wilde Beer.
Dismissed Alcohol Internet - Social - Instagram 26/09/2018
0426-18 Invocare
There is a moderately sized billboard with a picture of a lady dressed in white, holding a flower and smelling it. The billboard says "white lady funerals", then says "a woman's understanding."
Dismissed Professional Services Billboard 26/09/2018
0418-18 Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation
This ad is supposed to make people be aware are of gambling addiction. It’s says “everybody’s doing it” which conveys a sexual innuendo. We then see a father sitting with his teenage son as of they’re having “the talk” the father also flicks off a sock from his bed which further alludes sexual connotations.
Dismissed Community Awareness TV - Free to Air 26/09/2018
0405-18 Webjet
This ad has a male and female in it. The ad promotes the stereotype that men are stupid.
Dismissed Travel TV - Free to Air 26/09/2018
0413-18 Kerr's Hire
The ad they have talks about a memorable day in 1982 with a husband going on about how wonderful that day was and he talks at the end that this is the year that Kerrs Hire started operating and his wife thought he was referring to the year they were married
Dismissed Hardware/Machinery Radio 26/09/2018
0408-18 DIY Resolutions Pty Ltd
Ad has a child riding a scooter through the kitchen and knocking a dish out of the mothers hands. 
Dismissed House Goods Services TV - Free to Air 26/09/2018
0417-18 Twentieth Century Fox Film Distributors Pty Ltd
The ad was for the latest Predator movie and included guns, violence, and images of the Predator. 
Dismissed Entertainment TV - Pay 26/09/2018
0421-18 Lisa McGuigan Wines
Poster on the side of a bus "Once you've tried Blac you'll never go back" Lisa Mcguigan.
Dismissed Alcohol Transport 26/09/2018
0412-18 White Fox Boutique
Pay TV advertisement for White Fox Boutique.
Dismissed Clothing TV - Pay 26/09/2018
0401-18 AAMI
Commercial for car insurance. A family is using 3D glasses when to watch a movie when a car crashes through the wall. The father says "it's like he's in the room with us."
Dismissed Insurance TV - Free to Air 26/09/2018
0404-18 Hanes Brands Inc
Television advertisement featuring women playing sports with various balls that are shaped like women's breasts.
Dismissed Lingerie TV - Free to Air 26/09/2018
0425-18 Wicked Campers
Wicked Campervan WA rego 1DEA.616 with text displayed on the boot: "I'm here for the bukakke".
Upheld - Not Modified or Discontinued Travel Transport 26/09/2018
0429-18 Specsavers Pty Ltd
That vision is priceless and cannot have a price attached to it
Dismissed Health Products Internet - Social - Other 26/09/2018
0411-18 Lion
The Instagram post dated July 25th 2018 (https://www.instagram.com/p/BlpLJNIHm5D/?taken-by=brisbanegirlsabroad) depicts two young women drinking and holding bottles of XXXX Summer Bright Lager. The post is from Brisbane Girls Abroad’s Instagram page that has 7,399 followers (https://www.instagram.com/brisbanegirlsabroad/) and is captioned:   “Picnicing in the golden hour ?? So good to be home after such a busy few weeks away and then at Splendour. We both used to live on the Sunshine Coast and still spend a lot of time there. It’s definitely one of our favourite places to not do anything.
Dismissed Alcohol Internet - Social - Instagram 26/09/2018
0416-18 Twentieth Century Fox Film Distributors Pty Ltd
The ad was for the latest Predator movie and included guns, violence, and images of the Predator.
Dismissed Entertainment TV - Free to Air 26/09/2018
0424-18 Tribe Breweries
The Instagram post dated July 12th 2018 (https://www.instagram.com/p/BlIXqc3AGIf/?hl=en) depicts two social media influencers with one drinking a bottle of Wilde Beer.
Dismissed Alcohol Internet - Social - Instagram 26/09/2018
0428-18 Specsavers Pty Ltd
Here is the link to the Ad https://youtu.be/OoBeg5rI08USpecsavers set up a fake research coming and ask people how much they would sell there eyes for. People are horrified and say no money is worth being blind.
Dismissed Health Products Internet - Social - Facebook 26/09/2018
0403-18 Pretty Little Thing
The ad features women posing on horses and cars. 
Dismissed Clothing TV - Pay 26/09/2018
0420-18 Volkswagen Group Australia Pty Limited
Driving a new VW Polo car by a young man with his father preceded by his life history of accidents and crazy stunts.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 26/09/2018
0423-18 Tribe Breweries
The Instagram post dated July 25th 2018 (https://www.instagram.com/p/BloaWL8gpar/?taken-by=wilde_beer) depicts two social media influencers with one holding a bottle of Wilde Beer.
Dismissed Alcohol Internet - Social - Instagram 26/09/2018
0427-18 Specsavers Pty Ltd
This specsavers ad asks people to put a $worth in their eyes. And continues to portray what their life would be like without sight. 
Dismissed Health Products TV - Free to Air 26/09/2018
0436-18 Ubank
This television advertisement features a little girl playing with a doll on the floor as her parents eat dinner with friends. The girl is pretending she is on the phone to the bank about her home loan application, and says the words "You're the fifth *beep* person I've spoken to this week".
Dismissed Finance/Investment TV - Free to Air 26/09/2018
0406-18 The Firm Gentlemens Club
The Firm has an advertisement that airs frequently at night about their business. Shoes a woman in lingerie, you can see her nipple. Then an another woman in a G-string and full view backside.
Dismissed Sex Industry TV - Free to Air 26/09/2018
0410-18 Lion
The Instagram post dated August 1st 2018 (https://www.instagram.com/p/Bl7laIRHo5R/?tagged=summerbrightlager) depicts two young women and two young men drinking and holding bottles of XXXX Summer Bright Lager. The post is from Brisbane Girls Abroad’s Instagram page that has 7,399 followers (https://www.instagram.com/brisbanegirlsabroad/) and is captioned:   “ Exactly where we want to be ????
Dismissed Alcohol Internet - Social - Instagram 26/09/2018
0415-18 Bondi Perfume
This advertisement features an over-exaggerated negative depiction of an Italian family. They are portrayed as hairy sexual predators. 
Dismissed Toiletries TV - Free to Air 26/09/2018
September 2018
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Media Determination datesort ascending
0376-18 Roadshow Films
Says twice murders and also states « good for you » . It has two muppets pictures which most relate to kids programs. Depicts and desensitises children and community to murder! Just as Australia attempts to resolve violence and crime. Ridiculous USA movie title and advertising.
Dismissed Entertainment Billboard 12/09/2018
0390-18 Roadshow Films
Promotion for new movie Mile 22
Dismissed Entertainment TV - Free to Air 12/09/2018

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