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July 2021
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort descending Determination date
0215-21 Bupa HI Pty Ltd
This television advertisement depicts a woman walking backwards down the stairs, while carrying a wardrobe. She speaks about the importance of getting the insurance product before life happens. At one point the doors of the wardrobe open and rubber balls and other products fall out. She knocks over a pot plant and a small dog runs past her legs.
Dismissed Insurance TV - Free to Air 28/07/2021
0217-21 The Firm Gentlemens Club
This television advertisement depicts several woman in bras, garter belts and g-strings dancing around poles and with each other.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Sex Industry TV - Free to Air 28/07/2021
August 2021
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort descending Determination date
0219-21 Volkswagen Group Australia Pty Ltd
This television advertisement features a promotion for an online game that can be played during the ad break.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 11/08/2021
0223-21 Southern Cross Austereo
This television advertisement is promoting the “Moonman in the Morning” breakfast show on Sydney radio station Triple M 104.9 FM.
Dismissed Media TV - Free to Air 11/08/2021
0225-21 Australian Bureau of Statistics
This television advertisement provides information on the 2021 Australia Census and what the collected information is used for. The advertisement includes the phrase "Understanding languages used at home links migrants to community services like English lessons".
Dismissed Community Awareness TV - Free to Air 11/08/2021
0226-21 Paramount+
This television advertisement is promoting the streaming service Paramount+ and features scenes from various programs available on the platform.
Dismissed Entertainment TV - Free to Air 11/08/2021
0224-21 Wisr
This television advertisement features a man (Billy) making breakfast in his kitchen. The man is standing behind a toaster with a fork in his hand. A voice over suggests he uses the “smart part” of his brain to make a “good decision”, rather than using a fork to retrieve the burnt crumpet.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Finance/Investment TV - Free to Air 11/08/2021
August 2021
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort descending Determination date
0228-21 Frucor Suntory Australia Pty Limited
This television advertisement depicts four bugs in a van driving and singing along to "Wake me up before you go-go" by Wham!". A butterfly splatters on the windscreen and the bugs become silent and the vehicle stops. One says "that's unfortunate" and uses the windscreen wipers to clear the butterfly. They group begins singing again as they drive on again.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 25/08/2021
0230-21 Paramount+
This television advertisement is promoting the film Infinite on Paramount+.
Dismissed Entertainment TV - Free to Air 25/08/2021
0239-21 Domino's Pizza Enterprises Limited
There are two versions of this television advertisement which promotes a one day sale on pizza.
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 25/08/2021
September 2021
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort descending Determination date
0237-21 KIA Automotive Australia
This television advertisement features a number of people making car noises as the advertised vehicle moves through a computer generated testing environment.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 08/09/2021
0242-21 Entain Group Pty Ltd
This television advertisement features three men sitting on a couch watching a race on TV. Another man then falls through the ceiling and lands sitting on the couch next to them. He explains that the roughie they were thinking of backing but didn't is going to win, and he knows this because he is the punting god.
Dismissed Gambling TV - Free to Air 08/09/2021
0250-21 Toyota Motor Corporation Australia
This television advertisement features a number of scenes of athletes, performers and people in everyday lives taking breaths. A car can be seen on the left side of a road, behind it is a bus with the words "Fuel cell bus" written on it. In the right lane, overtaking the bus and car is a truck with "Fuel cell mobility" written on it.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 08/09/2021
0246-21 MOOD tea
There are two versions of this television advertisement, one featuring men and one featuring women. In both versions the adults voices are replaced with children's voices talking about mental health or bullying.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 08/09/2021
September 2021
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort descending Determination date
0254-21 Wisr
The 15 second advertisement features a man making breakfast in his kitchen. There are eggs cooking and smoke coming from the toaster, indicating that something is burning. The man is holding a fork with a perplexed look on his face. The camera angle quickly zooms in on the man’s face, while a voiceover says “Billy, your smart part knows a personalised loan rate is a good decision.” The next shot is the man holding a phone over the toaster with the Wisr logo visible on the phone screen.
Dismissed Finance/Investment TV - Free to Air 22/09/2021
0256-21 KIA Automotive Australia
This television advertisement opens with members of the Kia racing team walking around and inspecting the EV6 and words appearing on screen saying, “The Kia EV6”. The advertisement then shows close ups of the features of the vehicle including the headlights and nose as the vehicle exits the warehouse. The vehicle then slowly drives to a starting line on a racetrack next to performance vehicles including a McLaren, a Lamborghini, and a Ferrari. The words “How does Zero Emissions taste” and “Ask the Competition” then appear onscreen.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 22/09/2021
0258-21 Nestle Australia Ltd
This television advertisement for Nan Pro toddler baby formula features information about the benefits of the product.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 22/09/2021
0264-21 Isuzu Ute Australia Pty Ltd
There are two versions of this television advertisement, a 30 second version and a 15 second version. Both versions feature vision of the ISUZU D-MAX vehicle interspersed with vision of people on BMX bikes riding along the dirt track. The tagline 'born to play' is featured at the end of the ad.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 22/09/2021
October 2021
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort descending Determination date
0279-21 Mars Wrigley Australia
This television advertisement features a woman coming out of lockdown and meeting up with a man in a park. She puts a piece of chewing gum in her mouth, and smiles so that her teeth sparkle and there is a ding noise. She and the man kiss, and the words "Get your ding back" appear on screen.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 13/10/2021
0286-21 Polyflor
This television advertisement features a man cooking sausages on a BBQ inside his home.
Dismissed House Goods Services TV - Free to Air 13/10/2021
0276-21 Grill'd
There are two versions of this television advertisement, a 15 second version and a 30 second version. Both versions of the advertisement feature an animated clown in an alleyway standing facing two children and opening his trench coat to reveal toys. A burger superhero appears and throws wooden sticks at the clown pinning him to the wall. He then jumps on a ladder hanging from a helicopter and flies away.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 13/10/2021
October 2021
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0289-21 Jim's Mowing
This television advertisement featured animated men jumping out of a trailer, completing gardening work and then getting back into the trailer. A jingle featuring the lyrics 'Jimbo, Jimbo, off to work we go" plays through the ad.
Dismissed Professional Service TV - Free to Air 27/10/2021
0290-21 Westpac Group
This television advertisement features a wide range of big and small moments that happen everyday in Australia to a diverse selection of people. Each person delivers a VO that accompanies the pictures, and each story is brought to life in a different way – some real footage, some animation, some surreal dream like scenarios. This includes a topless woman who has had her breasts removed but has tattoos covering her chest.
Dismissed Finance/Investment TV - Free to Air 27/10/2021
0295-21 Grill'd
There are two versions of this television advertisement, Version 1 features a bird who is enveloped by green smoke from a plane and then shown as a skeleton. A burger superhero appear and takes down the plane. Version 2 has a 15 and 30 second version featuring cows being injected from above with a green substance that makes them larger. A burger superhero appear and frees the cows.
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 27/10/2021
0293-21 Entain Group Pty Ltd
This television advertisement features three men in a kitchen. One of the men is juggling apples and says he has three going at once. Another man shows his phone and states he has four. A voice-over gives details on a same race multi promotion. Another man is then shown near a window, bouncing a ball off the window. He says, "I'm not going to lie. You ladbroked it. You ladbroked it good". He throws one of the balls and hit hits the juggling man in the face.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Gambling TV - Free to Air 27/10/2021
November 2021
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort descending Determination date
0302-21 Repco Ltd
This television advertisement depicts a man doing a burnout in a vehicle.
Dismissed Automotive TV - Free to Air 10/11/2021
0308-21 Leukaemia Foundation
This advertisement for the Light The Night event features people placing string lights near fabric drapes.
Dismissed Community Awareness TV - Free to Air 10/11/2021
0317-21 PointsBet Australia Pty Limited
This advertisement has five versions, all featuring Shaquille O'Neal in various scenes including receiving a golf lesson, fixing a car, participating in a dog show, getting a massage and painting.
Dismissed Gambling TV - Free to Air 10/11/2021
November 2021
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort descending Determination date
0310-21 MOOD tea
This advertisement depicts two men talking, their adult voices are replaced with children's voices talking about mental health or bullying.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 24/11/2021
0319-21 Repco Ltd
This television advertisement features a man talking to the camera as a car does donuts around him.
Dismissed Automotive TV - Free to Air 24/11/2021
0320-21 BMW Australia
This television advertisement features a voice-over saying, "Dear guardians of language. It’s time to take a look at the definition of performance. To evolve much-loved but simplistic notions like speed, and power. True drivers now see the world as not just fast, or slow. New performance throws you back into your seat. Squeezes every molecule and watt. And gets a thrill from giving back. Performance, redefined."
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 24/11/2021
0321-21 Yum Restaurants International
This television advertisement features a group of taxi drivers. One offers a man a taxi and he refuses. The group then sit in a taxi and eat KFC.
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 24/11/2021
December 2021
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort descending Determination date
0344-21 Jalna Dairy Foods
This television advertisement depicts a teenage girls day.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 08/12/2021
0339-21 ALDI Australia
This advertisement includes a scenes showing a floating over a Christmas table with a flaming Christmas pudding in each hand.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 08/12/2021
0343-21 Lexus Australia
This television advertisement features a promotion for the Lexus UX 300e. A person asks "Lexus Electric...Why?" and people respond "Zero emissions" and "more power". Someone else then asks "Where do you charge that?" and a person responds "Here. There. Anywhere." A person then states, "There are perks too". A person is seen loading things into the back of a car when someone comments, "Won't fit". They respond, "I can borrow a bigger one". The question "Electric!
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 08/12/2021
0345-21 World Animal Protection
This television advertisement depicts various scenes of animals, with some shown in cages and on chains.
Dismissed Community Awareness TV - Free to Air 08/12/2021
0347-21 Mitsubishi Motors Aust Ltd
This television advertisement includes a scene showing a passenger blowing bubbles in a moving vehicle.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 08/12/2021
0348-21 Honda Australia Motorcycle & Power Equipment
This TV advertisement shows adults and children riding motorbikes on dirt tracks.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 08/12/2021
January 2022
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort descending Determination date
0002-22 Supercheap Auto
This television advertisement features four different vehicles with motor oil branding racing to get an empty space in a shopping centre carpark. The vehicles jump over objects and drift around corners narrowly missing cars. They are beaten to the carpark by a small non-branded vehicle.
Dismissed Automotive TV - Free to Air 19/01/2022
0005-22 Carlton and United Breweries
This television advertisement features a man in a martial arts uniform teaching students how to 'be like the beer'.
Dismissed Alcohol TV - Free to Air 19/01/2022
0353-21 eHarmony
This television advertisement shows a couple walking up stairs onto a flat rooftop, where they embrace, kiss and look out into the horizon. A voiceover says that eharmony matches better and can help people find real love.
Dismissed Professional Service TV - Free to Air 19/01/2022
0354-21 BCF
This television advertisement features a person holding a chainsaw, with gloves and safety goggles. A group of people are seated long the row of tables around him. He uses the chainsaw to cut the roast pork, splattering the man next to him with bits of pork.
Dismissed Sport and Leisure TV - Free to Air 19/01/2022
0355-21 Uber Australia Pty Ltd
There are two versions of this television advertisement, a 15 second and a 30 second version. Both versions feature a family gathered around an outdoor table for Christmas lunch in the heat. A young woman is seen wearing a Christmas sweater that was gifted to her by her grandmother. She orders a sports drink and deodorant via Uber Eats.
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 19/01/2022
0357-21 Lifestyle Communities
A man tells his removalist the benefits of his new home. The removalist then joins the man and his wife in the spa.
Dismissed Real Estate TV - Free to Air 19/01/2022
0360-21 Yum Restaurants International
This television advertisement features a man standing behind a microphone on stage too nervous to speak. A voice calls out, "did someone say KFC". The man is then seen eating a burger with friends.
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 19/01/2022
0352-21 KIA Automotive Australia
This television advertisement features a long straight road in a rural area with the advertised vehicle travelling down it. The driver turns onto a road with the signage "Private Road Dead End No Turn". The vehicle then continues down a dirt road. A voice-over states: "You know the beauty of having a wild one? They grow to be fearless. They find comfort outside of their comfort zone. They stand out but never stand still."
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 19/01/2022
0361-21 Uber Australia Pty Ltd
The advertisement features a couple breaking up. The woman is throwing the man's possessions out the window. He orders skinless chicken breast, broccoli and protein bars to get ripped so he can win his girlfriend back. She tells him that it’s not going to work and he goes on to order chicken nuggets instead. She throws out his video game console and he orders some tape to fix it.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 19/01/2022
February 2022
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort descending Determination date
0009-22 Sportsbet
This Sportsbet advertisement features an Olympic-style commentary of a sporting event where competitors have to fold a tent. At one stage the commentator referring to a competitor states, "he's made a total tit of himself".
Dismissed Gambling TV - Free to Air 02/02/2022
0012-22 Titan Enterprises (Qld) Pty Ltd
This television advertisement features two men driving along a road in a convertible. One of the men is in the front seat and the other is sitting in the middle of the back seat. They are talking about all the things they have seen people keep in sheds, including helicopters, water-skis and a boxing ring. They then visit a shed full of pinball machines.
Dismissed House Goods Services TV - Free to Air 02/02/2022
0013-22 IKEA
This television advertisement features animation of different people on small worlds in the sky undertaking various activities, like riding a bike, watering a garden, playing dominos, dancing an laying on a bed.
Dismissed House Goods Services TV - Free to Air 02/02/2022

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