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February 2004
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456-03 Subway Sandwiches & Salads
Subway - Cubic Zirconia-wife doesn't know ring is cubic zirconia
Dismissed 17/02/2004
2-04 Vehicle Distributors Australia Pty Ltd
Vehicle Distributors - Renault Megane Hatch - women's bottoms and men singing about big butts
Dismissed 17/02/2004
April 2012
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0137-12 Australian Fast Foods
The “Family Dinner Your Way” advertisement depicts a mother bringing a tray of Red Rooster products to the dinner table where her family is sitting down ready to eat. The voiceover says “You deserve a night off. Buy a Red Rooster roast chicken and choose four sides (garlic bread, large potato and gravy, 4 nuggets, 10 spicy bites, large chips or large peas shown on screen) for $10 more. Have the night off and eat well with Red Rooster’s family dinner, your way”.
Dismissed Other 11/04/2012
October 2009
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463-09 Sara Lee Australia
Sarah Lee - Moccona - 463/09 Billboard naked women's back and buttocks adjoining mountain range
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries Outdoor 14/10/2009
April 2016
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0140-16 Liquor Alliance (VIC)
Promotion of driving pints of alcohol around in a fast car.
Dismissed Alcohol Radio 13/04/2016
June 2019
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0143-19 ALDI Australia
It shows two grey haired men - one who has reduced the height of his doorway - claiming by 2feet - his friend almost knocks himself out
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 12/06/2019
0157-19 Honey Birdette
“Victoria” - woman in black bra, panties, garter and stocking. Bra is sheer with nipple almost entirely visible.
Dismissed Lingerie Poster 12/06/2019
December 2008
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482-08 Rivers (Aust) Pty Ltd
Rivers - Pamplet #14-2008 "S**t has hit the fan"
Dismissed Clothing Print 10/12/2008
491-08 Nutricia Australasia Pty Ltd
Nutricia - Karicare Gold for toddlers - woman & child in park. Woman talks of benefits of formula
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 10/12/2008
February 2012
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0479-11 Ministry of Sound
Advertisement promoting the CD release "The 2012 Annual" from Ministry of Sound. Features imagery of a young girl with glossy lips drinking through a straw, moving her sunglasses and unzipping her jeans.
Dismissed Entertainment 08/02/2012
May 2014
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0147-14 Quit Victoria
Child is left alone in what looks like a train station.
Dismissed Community Awareness TV - Free to Air 14/05/2014
0161-14 Lion
Man coughs up his animated 'mouth' who complains about all the lies the body makes him say, then cuts to the man whispering 'I love you' in a woman's ear, the cuts to man drinking the beer - therefore 'giving his mouth a break'.
Dismissed Alcohol 14/05/2014
November 2017
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0483-17 Virgin Australia Airlines Pty Ltd
It was showing 'excitement' in an aircraft - tagline "We never fly solo, we team up".
Dismissed Travel TV - Free to Air 08/11/2017
March 2005
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50-05 Swisse Vitamins Pty Ltd
Swisse Vitamins - Tanline - shows bottom half of a woman in a G-String
Dismissed Toiletries Outdoor 08/03/2005
December 2012
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0488-12 Woolworths Supermarkets
The advertisement is from Woolworths. It involves an Asian Woman that has broken English in conversation with her husband a white Australian man. The couple discuss prawns bought from Woolworths. The husband makes a joke of her accent which appears to be the most significant part of the advertisement.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 12/12/2012
May 2008
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178-08 Advanced Medical Institute
AMI - woman speaking - this ad lasts 30 secs - use it or lose it - wouldn't that be nice
Dismissed Radio 19/05/2008
March 2000
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51-00 WorkCover New South Wales
WorkCover NSW - 'He didn't give a stuff about his employees'
Dismissed Community Awareness 14/03/2000
June 2003
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181-03 BHP Steel Ltd
BHP Steel - Colorbond - man in underwear collecting newspaper.
Dismissed 10/06/2003
January 2007
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518-06 Sanitarium Health Food Company
Sanitarium - Weetbix - 3 boys eating Weetbix tell Mum they're going outside to play cricket - "look out Poms" - Aussie test players have grown up on Weetbix
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 16/01/2007
November 2018
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0496-18 Workwear Group
There is a black and white image of a  large, muscled man. The corresponding line reads "He asks for vents in his shirt. Would you argue with him?"
Dismissed Clothing Billboard 14/11/2018
July 2007
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184-07 Jamba! GmbH
Jamba - Jamster sexy ringtones - women doing aerobics and dancing in provocative manner from music video clips
Dismissed 10/07/2007
187-07 Pubboy Group
Pubboy - "Drink 'em pretty at Pubboy"
Dismissed Other Outdoor 10/07/2007
December 2008
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526-08 Lexus Australia
Lexus Australia - IS F - internet - speedometer exceeds 260km/h
Dismissed Internet 17/12/2008
January 2013
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0501-12 McDonald's Aust Ltd
Two elderly people with new drink product, sitting at a table. Man takes the drink as wife is looking away. Then he stands up with the drink and tries to walk away using a walking stick whilst acting in a childish manner, he twice tries to trick the woman to look away.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 16/01/2013
April 2010
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0165-10 Unilever Australasia
The advertisement opens with image of the new Lynx Twist Threesome products, a silhouette image of a man and two females, and as each product is presented by the robotic arm, a different scene plays out in the background. First the wash is presented when we see two females soap up the man in the shower and then the man is sprayed all over his body and when things hot up the girls go to work spraying flirtatiously under the man’s arms. End image: the robotic arm presents the new Lynx Twist ‘dry’ antiperspirant with caption: shower, spray and play with new Lynx Twist”
Dismissed Toiletries 28/04/2010
November 2018
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0505-18 Carlton and United Breweries
An adult male is used to represent a bottle of Carlton Dry. He is taken from a beer fridge and slid across a bar to a customer. The customer then walks through the bar carrying the male as if he was a bottle of beer. They pass a 'stereotypical' German in Bavarian costume to highlight the difference in the beers.
Dismissed Alcohol TV - Free to Air 28/11/2018
January 2010
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19-10 Wicked Campers
Wicked Campers 19/10 Print advertisement in the Colours of Broome with 2 kangaroos copulating
Dismissed Travel Print 20/01/2010
January 2008
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546-08 BCF
BCF - TVC - Josh thinks Batman would beat Spiderman .. he spends nights beating dragons on his computer
Dismissed 21/01/2008
January 2012
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0510-11 McDonald's Aust Ltd
The advertisment shows a man leaving a McDonald's outlet with a burger in hand. he disposes of the packaging and walks outside to bite into the burger. Scenes of a lit fuse is scene as it heads toward crates of peppers that explode as the fuse ignites them. There are shots of the chicken patty and the ingredients of the burger. The man chews his food and walks away nodding his head and with a pleased smile on his face.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 18/01/2012
August 2002
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193-02 Unilever Australasia
Unilever - Streets - Blue Ribbon Carnival - child asks Dad to pass potatos, elderly woman ushered away from dinner table after saying "He's not your Dad. We never knew who your Dad was"
Dismissed 12/08/2002
May 2014
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0172-14 Specsavers Pty Ltd
There are a number of very drab, elderly people, seemingly in an aged nursing home, working out and exercising to a rhythmic voiceover that says a number of times: "I know that I'm sexy!"
Dismissed Professional Services 28/05/2014
March 2002
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56-02 Wrigley Co Pty Ltd The
Wrigley - PK - girls feign difficulties in swimming pool to attract lifesavers "Your breath stinks. You need PK"
Dismissed 12/03/2002
63-02 Australian Grand Prix Corporation
Australian Grand Prix Corp - 2002 Foster's Australian Grand Prix - 2 ads - 'Grand Prix is God' and 'There's a place where it always rains on the fourth day'
Dismissed 12/03/2002
December 2018
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0515-18 Munchkin Inc
The ad shows cows roaming free and the manufacturer is saying their formula is 100% grass fed cows. But it’s insinuating that the cows shown are the cows that the milk is from. When in actual fact the milk comes from cows that are mass produced and are used and abused. They are impregnated with a rape tools and are not happy and free roaming cows as per portrayed.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 12/12/2018
July 1999
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196-99 Pacific Access Pty Ltd
Pacific Access - Yellow Pages - "Two large pizzas?"
Dismissed Telecommunications 13/07/1999
May 2012
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0176-12 Pacific Brands Holdings Pty Ltd
The ad is large format outdoor billboard and features an image of a woman wearing a bra. The image is cropped, so the focus of the ad is on the woman's cleavage. The copy line that appears on the ad in question is 'Get your boobs done in your lunch hour' the logo/ positioning line Berlei Your Body appears at the bottom of the ad.
Dismissed Clothing Billboard 23/05/2012
0183-12 Cheap as Chips
Page 10 of Cheap as Chips Mother's day catalogue, on sale May 3rd 2012, features a pink tool set with the text, "ladies or low testosterone male pink tool set 6 piece".
Dismissed Hardware/Machinery Mail 23/05/2012
December 2009
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574-09 Nestle Australia Ltd
Nestle - Milo (574/09) Food Focus describing nutritious ingredients and benfits of healthy snack
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 09/12/2009
May 2015
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0179-15 Universal Pictures
A poster advertising "TED 2" above the main entry to the cinema, which is advertising for the soon to be released movie.
Dismissed Entertainment Poster 13/05/2015
December 2016
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0530-16 Icon Film Distribution Australia
Hacksaw ridge movie ad kept coming up on ads whilst we are watching kids shows regular show and adventure time
Dismissed Entertainment TV - Free to Air 07/12/2016
July 2003
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201-03 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota - Camry Sportivo - car dropped from helicopter; drives down mountain.
Dismissed 08/07/2003
March 1999
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60-99 Big Kart Track Ltd
Big Kart Track - "What the ----!"
Dismissed 09/03/1999
December 2014
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0537-14 McCain Australia and New Zealand
Healthy choice adConstruction workers are having lunch, blonde sandy haired man is eating healthy choice mealhe is thin and neat and superior the darker haired ethnic characters are exposing their flabby bellies like apes against a chain link wire fence and asking for food from the sandy haired blonde Anglo manhe says no to them saying he doesn't want to ruin their figures but it reads as they are begging him like caged animals for his food and he is refusing. It drags up a terrible racist stereotype of the mean nasty Anglo Australian not sharing or treating fellow Australians as equals.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 10/12/2014
May 2017
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0186-17 Westside Dermatology
A billboard at Brisbane Central Station for Westside Dermatology.
Dismissed Professional Services Billboard 10/05/2017
January 2015
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0545-14 Subway Franchisee Advertising Fund
Titled "hand made for you're summer"
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 14/01/2015
May 2009
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207-09 Reckitt Benckiser (Aust) Pty Ltd
Reckitt Benckiser Aust P/L (Clearasil) PAY TV 207/09 young girl used Clearasil pimple blocker pen to prevent pimple and go on date
Dismissed Health Products TV - Pay 14/05/2009
April 2018
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0190-18 Universal Pictures
Scary movie, scenes cutting to black eyes definitely not appropriate for screening this early!
Dismissed Entertainment TV - Free to Air 24/04/2018
April 2003
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66-03 International Watch Company
International Watch Co. - 'Almost as complicated as a woman - except it's on time'.
Dismissed Retail Print 08/04/2003
December 2017
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0553-17 Kellogg (Aust) Pty Ltd
Webpage: https://www.kelloggs.com.au/en_AU/recipes/halloween.html 'Halloween 2017. Discover a FREE Trick or Treat experience in store this Halloween by picking up one of these packs in store!Kellogg’s partners with Shazam to provide a spooky augmented reality experience, making Halloween more fun for you and your family. Accompanied with childlike pictures and the cartoon spokes-characters from cereals in Halloween type outfits.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries Internet 19/12/2017
July 2000
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210-00 Hard Rock Café Sydney
Hard Rock Café
Dismissed Radio 11/07/2000

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