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April 1998
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24-98 Collins Foods Group Pty Ltd
Collins Foods Group - Sizzler - "Jesus - loaves and fishes scene"
Dismissed 14/04/1998
April 2007
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95-07 Castrol Lubricants
Castrol - GTX - cricketer Adam Gilcrist's car overtaken by Barmy Army cricket fans - shown as overweight and pale skinned and sunburnt and described as "mollecular intelligence"
Dismissed 10/04/2007
September 2005
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246-05 McDonald's Aust Ltd
McDonald's - Cajun Nuggets (snowdome) - people looking for water to drink after eating very spicy nuggets - drink liquid from a snowdome ornament
Dismissed 13/09/2005
258-05 Unilever Australasia
Unilever - Continental - Pasta Sauce - actress Mena Suvari at dinner is told by boyfirend she's intelligent and beautiful but they have to break up bcs he expects more now, with Continental Pasta Sauce - explains "it's not me, it's you"
Dismissed 13/09/2005
October 2002
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252-02 SPC Ardmona Operations Limited
SPC Ardmona - Spaghetti - young girl playing with doll says "wee wee wee" ; young boy hums "bum bum bum" - mother says 'I'll wash your mouth out';
Dismissed 08/10/2002
September 2004
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255-04 Kosciusko Thredbo Pty Ltd
Kosciusko Thredbo - man shakes dandruff from hair onto photos to remind him of snow
Dismissed 14/09/2004
December 1998
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260-98 Tontine Bedding
Tontine Bedding - "Tontine Bioguard - pillow"
Dismissed 08/12/1998
November 2002
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264-02 The Oyster Bar
Oyster Bar (The) - Mead's Mosman Bay - picture of girl in bikini with 'freshly shucked' superimposed.
Dismissed Print 12/11/2002
August 2008
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276-08 Holden Ltd
Holden - Colorado - loaded vehicle driven in dangerous manner
Dismissed 13/08/2008
303-08 Advanced Medical Institute
AMI - couple in rocket - rocket can't 'get up'
Dismissed 13/08/2008
October 2005
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279-05 Tetley Australia Pty Ltd
Tetley - tea bags - woman catching elephant droppings then has cup of tea
Dismissed 11/10/2005
281-05 Tricon Restaurants International
Tricon - KFC - Wicked Burger Meal - man driving car while eating chicken
Dismissed 11/10/2005
October 2000
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293-00 Dairy Farmers
Dairy Farmers - Oak - animated cartoon insects - cockroach
Dismissed 17/10/2000
November 2005
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316-05 Golden Circle Ltd
Golden Circle - Original Juice - in Florida it's illegal to be intimate with a porcupine. Prostitute asks porcupine "how's business?"
Dismissed 08/11/2005
October 2003
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335-03 Nissan Motor Co (Aust) Pty Ltd
Nissan - Pulsar-TV- 'The pricing department hasn't done a bloody thing'
Dismissed 14/10/2003
February 2001
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363-00 John Danks & Son Pty Ltd
John Danks & Son's Home Hardware - helium gas
Dismissed 13/02/2001
December 1999
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391-99 Australian Dairy Corporation
Australian Dairy Corporation - butter - father burns tree at barbeque
Dismissed 07/12/1999
May 2005
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105-05 Frucor Beverages (Australia) Pty Ltd
Frucor - V - cockroach does weightlifting after drinking V
Dismissed 10/05/2005
May 2003
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108-03 Land Rover Australia
Land Rover - Discovery - 'Crocodile' - man drives Land Rover on wrong side of road.
Dismissed 13/05/2003
120-03 Nestle Ice Cream
Nestle - Peters Heaven Ice Cream - 'I'm in raspberries and cream heaven' - woman lying in ice cream.
Dismissed Outdoor 13/05/2003
November 2006
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406-06 Reckitt Benckiser (Aust) Pty Ltd
Reckitt Benckiser - Pine-O-Cleen - more germs on chopping board than toilet seat, germs on baby's highchair, coloured child in dog's basket, white child in clean environment
Dismissed 14/11/2006
December 2003
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411-03 Ford Motor Co of Aust Ltd
Ford - Falcon RTV Ute - ute and motorcycle racing.
Dismissed 09/12/2003
February 2010
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43-10 PZ Cussons Australia
PZ Cussons - Duo Ultra (43/10)TV. Child's drawing on tablecloth implies adultery
Dismissed 10/02/2010
June 2001
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132-01 Janome Sewing Machine Company
Janome Sewing Machine Co. - Older woman physically abuses young salesman
Dismissed 12/06/2001
135-01 McDonald's Aust Ltd
McDonald's - Burgermeister - German Accents
Dismissed 12/06/2001
January 2008
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451-07 Global One Mobile Entertainment
Global One - Mobile Active - Home Babe Auditions SMS PEEP to 1994 9999 - scantily clad women lying on top of each other on a bed, and a closeup of a small bikini with the wearer's fingers moving around in a sexual way
Dismissed 16/01/2008
October 2009
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459-09 Advanced Medical Institute
AMI - (459/09) -become longer stronger lovers -radio nova)
Dismissed Radio 14/10/2009
December 2008
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478-08 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota - Rav 4 - man looks into vacuum and his eye is sucked out of socket
Dismissed 10/12/2008
October 2009
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487-09 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota - (487/09) - TV - middle agedman wearing red jumper around his shoulders/doesn't trim chest hair - Soft, made to Last
Dismissed 28/10/2009
May 2000
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147-00 Hog's Breath Cafe (Australia) Pty Ltd
Hog's Breath Café - description of meat aligned to waitress
Dismissed 09/05/2000
February 2000
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15-00 Sporting Shooters Assoc of Aust (NSW) Inc
Sporting Shooters NSW
Dismissed 08/02/2000
April 2004
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53-04 Australian Jockey Club
Australian Jockey Club - Randwick Easter carnival - "Princesses come alive" - woman wearing panties igetting ready for race carnival in langourious sensual manner
Dismissed 13/04/2004
June 2000
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161-00 Reckitt Benckiser (Aust) Pty Ltd
Reckitt Benckiser - Pine O Cleen - dummy on floor
Dismissed 13/06/2000
March 2003
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54-03 Subaru (Aust) Pty Ltd
Subaru - All-wheel drive - 'Symmetry creates control'.
Dismissed 11/03/2003
23-03 Hewlett-Packard Australia Pty Ltd
Hewlett-Packard - Police use violence to make arrest.
Dismissed 11/03/2003
July 2000
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191-00 Volvo Car Aust Pty Ltd
Volvo - V70 - boy and girl in rear seat with skateboard
Dismissed Print 11/07/2000
July 2002
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167-02 Holden Ltd
Holden - Barina - car out manouvering bull in bullring
Dismissed 09/07/2002
175-02 Snack Brands Australia
Snack Brands - CCs Corn Chips - man bites sumo wrestler (outdoor)
Dismissed Outdoor 09/07/2002
January 2010
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563-09 Advanced Medical Institute
AMI - Radio 563/09. Can we practice?
Dismissed Radio 20/01/2010
February 2009
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58-09 Mitsubishi Motors Aust Ltd
Mitsubishi - TV -Pajero avoids traffic by leaving the road and driving 'off-road'and splashes water and mud onto other drivers.
Dismissed 11/02/2009
February 2007
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20-07 Advanced Medical Institute
AMI - Want longer lasting sex? 20/07
Dismissed Outdoor 13/02/2007
April 2003
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61-03 Unilever Australasia
Unilever - Flora ProActiv margarine - man falls from bridge-bungee jump.
Dismissed 08/04/2003
June 2008
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205-08 Motorola Australia
Motorola - Razr mobile phone - phone portrayed as cut-throat razor being used by a man and woman at a train station slashing each others' clothing
Dismissed 18/06/2008
March 2002
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67-02 Energy Australia
Energy Australia - man stands on phone book to make himself taller, then tries milk crate, then ladder - answers door to see short man from EA
Dismissed 12/03/2002
March 1998
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8-98 Bayer Australia Ltd
Bayer - Hallelujah chorus
Dismissed 10/03/1998
May 2001
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83-01 Streets Ice Cream
Unilever - Streets - Magnum - condom
Dismissed 08/05/2001
August 2007
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232-07 Ford Motor Co of Aust Ltd
Ford - Fiesta XR4 - internet - man's faces changes expression and sunglasses added and removed - car goes fast around corner. Text changes from "Live fast" to "Live hard"
Dismissed Internet 14/08/2007
235-07 Suzuki Australia Pty Limited
Suzuki - Swift - man hears radio advice of bad weather conditions for driving,but "not for some" - we see footage of professional rally driving as the driver goes out to his car
Dismissed 14/08/2007
July 1999
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240-99 Holden Ltd
Holden - Commodore Utility - 'drive hard, drive the adrenalin' - man working on heavy machinery "Does he ever stop?" then see him doing extreme sports
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued 13/07/1999
October 2001
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250-01 Lanes Biscuits Pty Ltd
Lanes Biscuits - Oreo - boy and dog
Dismissed 09/10/2001

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