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May 2017
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort ascending Determination date
0197-17 Stan
Advertising Twin Peaks being broadcast on STAN.
Dismissed Entertainment TV - Free to Air 10/05/2017
0198-17 Hungry Jacks
Advertising chicken nuggets and chips as a special
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 10/05/2017
0200-17 St. John's Qld
A lady is crying/emotional giving resuscitation to her husband.
Dismissed Community Awareness TV - Free to Air 10/05/2017
0204-17 Sexpo Pty Ltd
It was an advertisement for the upcoming Perth Sexpo 5 to7 May
Dismissed Sex Industry TV - Free to Air 10/05/2017
May 2015
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort ascending Determination date
0198-15 Mitsubishi Motors Aust Ltd
"It's a Mitsi". Ad shows various people expressing surprise/envy over a car.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 27/05/2015
0203-15 Mars Petcare Australia
Advert starts with a group of boys fighting in the street, pushing each other onto the road, then a dog comes on the road and they go to save it!
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 27/05/2015
0208-15 Stan
New advertisement for "Stan" as being a good place for watching romantic movies.
Dismissed Entertainment TV - Free to Air 27/05/2015
April 2018
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort ascending Determination date
0198-18 Paramount Pictures Australia
A quiet place- movie trailer
Dismissed Entertainment TV - Free to Air 24/04/2018
June 2018
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort ascending Determination date
0199-18 Kogan Technologies
Promotion of a new TV and its aspects
Dismissed House Goods Services TV - Free to Air 06/06/2018
June 2014
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort ascending Determination date
0201-14 Ultra Tune Australia
Ultratune advertisement just before state of origin kick off.
Dismissed Automotive TV - Free to Air 11/06/2014
May 2018
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort ascending Determination date
0203-18 Optus Communications
There were images of swimming scenes to advertise the partnership between Swimmingsa and optus during the Commonwealth games coverage
Dismissed Telecommunications TV - Free to Air 09/05/2018
0204-18 Singtel Optus
The Optus 4G ad shows a car doing a burnout next to Mr Bolt (start of ad).
Dismissed Telecommunications TV - Free to Air 09/05/2018
0209-18 Yum Restaurants International
Kentucky Fried Chicken 50th anniversary
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 09/05/2018
0213-18 Moranbah Dental
Murray portrays himself sitting on a park bench looking a young lady up and down in a very sexualized manner.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Professional Services TV - Free to Air 09/05/2018
0214-18 IAG Insurance
NRMA has used Hunters And Collectors "Throw Your Arms Around Me" as their theme song.
Dismissed Insurance TV - Free to Air 09/05/2018
0222-18 Lion
A short commercial showing about 4 men in a boat fishing and then drinking Iron Jack beer
Dismissed Alcohol TV - Free to Air 09/05/2018
0224-18 Yum Restaurants International
TV commercial promoting a lunch time "special offer" food product ( chicken lunch ) depicting apparent Asian travelers conducting a currency exchange at a beach location in order to possess Australian currency to then be able to purchase the product being advertised.
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 09/05/2018
0229-18 Ford Motor Co of Aust Ltd
A 4 wheel drive vehicle being driven at speed through a pristine stream and dogs late running through delicate sand dune retention growth vines
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 09/05/2018
June 2015
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort ascending Determination date
0204-15 Coca-Cola South Pacific
The Fanta ‘My Fanta Tastes Like…’ ad is a fun cartoon fantasy featuring animated figures talking about “what their Fanta tastes like”. The opening scene features six characters sitting on a lawn drinking Fanta. The first character says her Fanta tastes like “an awesome ride” and a rollercoaster is visible in the background.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 10/06/2015
0210-15 Nestle Australia Ltd
A man, dressed only in an apron, extols the virtues of Nestle Condensed Milk. In front of him is a table full of baked goods, supposedly made with condensed milk.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 10/06/2015
0211-15 Twentieth Century Fox Film Distributors Pty Ltd
Scary as for an upcoming cinema horror movie with disturbing visuals.
Dismissed Entertainment TV - Free to Air 10/06/2015
0213-15 Sportsbet
The Sportsbet product Cash Out gives the user freedom. This freedom is depicted by the user throwing salad on the ground and eating steak with his hands, taking his pants off and walking around the house in his underpants, lifting the toilet seat up with his foot, and placing a drinking glass straight on a wooden table deliberately avoiding a coaster which is right in front of him.
Dismissed Gambling TV - Free to Air 10/06/2015
0219-15 Department of Health and Ageing
The government issued ice addict commercial with the man hitting his mum and someone digging into their skin.
Dismissed Community Awareness TV - Free to Air 10/06/2015
0225-15 Nestle Australia Ltd
The television commercial is a recent commercial for Uncle Tobys Oats.The scene is a family in a kitchen consisting of a middle aged man, his wife and daughter. The man proceeds to prepare a bowl of oats and says to his wife, did you know that Uncle Toby's Oats with milk are naturally rich in protein, which helps build muscles and they're a superfood.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 10/06/2015
0227-15 Bingle Insurance
A magician cuts a lady with sword during the time she is geting the quote on her mobile!!!!
Dismissed Insurance TV - Free to Air 10/06/2015
0231-15 Aldi Australia
A cave man sits next to a fire. On the fire appears to be a mammoth wrapped in foil. The mammoth moves indicating that it is being cooked alive.
Dismissed Retail TV - Free to Air 10/06/2015
May 2017
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort ascending Determination date
0205-17 Twentieth Century Fox Film Distributors Pty Ltd
Short trailer for movie Alien Covenant
Dismissed Entertainment TV - Free to Air 24/05/2017
0206-17 Chrysler Australia Pty Ltd
There is a new car on offer - the Alpha Romeo Giuletta.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 24/05/2017
0212-17 Sportsbet
The ad has a man using a leaf blower which he blows directly into another person’s face. 
Dismissed Gambling TV - Free to Air 24/05/2017
0213-17 Mazda Australia Pty Limited
New Mazda 2- a group of young people picking each other up and travelling to the beach in a mazda.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 24/05/2017
0225-17 IKEA
This advertiment is about wardrobes by ikea and it shows a little girl getting in the wardrobe
Dismissed Retail TV - Free to Air 24/05/2017
0226-17 Volkswagen Group Australia Pty Limited
Promotion of the Volkswagon Amarok
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 24/05/2017
May 2016
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort ascending Determination date
0208-16 Unilever Australasia
Advertises Lynx personal deodorant for young men
Dismissed Toiletries TV - Free to Air 11/05/2016
0209-16 ACT Government
guy pretending to be stereotypically gay wearing shiny shorts and headband putting things in recycling bin saying RECYCLING in stereotypically gay voice.
Dismissed House Goods Services TV - Free to Air 11/05/2016
0212-16 Department of Social Services
An advert that shows a different range of abuse against women being dished out by males
Dismissed Community Awareness TV - Free to Air 11/05/2016
May 2016
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort ascending Determination date
0213-16 Specsavers Pty Ltd
Middle aged to elderly woman. Her son is visiting. She tells him how great her spec savers deal was. She appeases his concerns about money by saying- 'don't worry i'm not spending your inheritance', then glances out the window at her topless male stripper looking gardener and says- 'I'm leaving it to Derek.'
Dismissed Health Products TV - Free to Air 25/05/2016
0214-16 Sportsbet
The men go to the supermarket and place a sport bet on line.
Dismissed Gambling TV - Free to Air 25/05/2016
0215-16 South Australian Tourism Commission
Video is a shortened version of SATC's 'Adelaide: Breathe' video campaign. The advertisement depicts a variety of things, filmed mostly around Adelaide and surrounding regions. It follows, generally, a person dressed as an astronaut landing and then exploring the region and various aspects of it such as wine, sports venues, and art galleries. It is set to Emma Louise's 'Never Tear Us Apart'.
Dismissed Tourist Attractions TV - Free to Air 25/05/2016
0218-16 ANZ Banking Group Ltd
A young man of Middle Eastern appearance is attempting to pay for a carton of milk and offers his mobile phone by holding it up, ready to push the button. The shop assistant and customers all look concerned - the ad zooms in on the eye of the purchaser and people walking into the store view what is going on and back out. Once the EFTPOS machine is ready, the young man pays for his milk and everyone breathes a sigh of relief. The young man looks at the shop assistant and looks puzzled as to why everyone is concerned.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Finance/Investment TV - Free to Air 25/05/2016
0220-16 Goodman Fielder Limited
The advertisement is about Wonder Wholegrain bread, specifically White Smooth Wholegrain. The advertisement features a young daughter with her parents. The mother starts complaining to the father about them agreeing to give the daughter whole grain bread while he bought and served the daughter this 'new' White Smooth Wholegrain. He reacts as if he's being challenged. The advertisement continues with the wife saying to the husband, "you will get it," and then continues with promo about the bread.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 25/05/2016
0221-16 Yamaha Motor Aust Pty Ltd
I am concerned for your advertisement for YAMAHA outboard motors which depicts people operating recreational craft who are not wearing life jackets.
Dismissed Sport and Leisure TV - Free to Air 25/05/2016
0224-16 Kellogg (Aust) Pty Ltd
Kelloggs Crunchy Nut ad - man wearing women's underwear.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 25/05/2016
0227-16 Smith's Snackfood Co Ltd The
Doritos-Commercial
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 25/05/2016
0228-16 Sexpo Pty Ltd
Advertisement for an a sex/erotica products expo right in the heart of Mythbusters.
Dismissed Sex Industry TV - Free to Air 25/05/2016
0229-16 Unilever Australasia
The advert states that the product is an olive oil and butter spread.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 25/05/2016
July 2014
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Mediasort ascending Determination date
0221-14 Kellogg (Aust) Pty Ltd
The advertisement is for Kellogg’s Coco Pops breakfast cereal, and was broadcast recently on Australian free-to-air television. The ad shows an intricate animated mechanical contraption passing Coco Pops down a production line. We see Coco Pops being poured from tea cup to tea cup, rolling on a toy trolley and being knocked over by spoons attached to a magnet while wooden-looking cogs and pulleys operate. The soundtrack features tinkly mechanical sounds and musical tones. The word “yum” in large yellow letters appear on the contraption.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 09/07/2014
0227-14 iNova Pharmaceuticals Australia Pty Ltd
The advertisement depicts two men embracing on a beach, intercut with a man in a business suit attempting to take liquid medicine via a spoon in an elevator.
Dismissed Health Products TV - Free to Air 09/07/2014
0231-14 KIA Automotive Australia
The advert has a lady driving a Kia Sportage with 1 hand on the steering wheel all the way through the advert. She and her passengers including a child in the rear are singing to loud music.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 09/07/2014
June 2017
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0228-17 Unilever Australasia
Television Commercial Brand: Continental Foods (Unilever)Shows scenes of produce being grown; farmland scenes plus many visuals depicting associated healthy environmental and biodiversity - especially butterflies, frogs and ladybugsTagline: In Harmony with Nature
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 07/06/2017
0229-17 McDonald's Aust Ltd
Description of the advertisement The advertisement is for McDonald’s Family McValue Box. The television advertisement was shown on multiple occasions on Channel 7 on Saturday 15 April 2017 between 7.30-9.30pm during the broadcast of the AFL game between Essendon and Adelaide Crows.  The 15 second advertisement depicts a family of two adults and one child going to McDonald’s together and choosing to share a McDonald’s Family McValue Box.
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 07/06/2017

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