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June 2007
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
179-07 Ateco Automotive Pty Limited
Ateco - Alfa Romeo - "When did anyone ever call a German passionate?"
Dismissed Print 12/06/2007
180-07 Nando's Australia Pty Ltd
Nando's (Cinema) - woman in business suit describes how she can't afford to have cravings at work - then we see her wearing a g-string and pole-dancing. Man attempts to put money in g-string, then she is seen topless with hand covering breasts
Dismissed Cinema 12/06/2007
181-07 McDonald's Aust Ltd
McDonald's - Happy Meals - ring/drain - skateboarding children see crying woman who's lost ring down drain - one child goes down drain to retrieve ring from a green monster and the woman, wife of a McD manager gives them Happy Meals for life
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued 12/06/2007
February 2000
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
18-00 Bosclip Aussie Products Pty Ltd
Bosclip - Lawn Barber 'n Edge Trimmer
Dismissed Print 08/02/2000
19-00 Kellogg (Aust) Pty Ltd
Kellogg - Nutri Grain Surf League - 'To hell and back'
Dismissed 08/02/2000
February 2002
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
18-02 Technology works (Australia)
Technology works - women in underwear offering computers "Prices are sexy"
Dismissed Print 12/02/2002
April 1998
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
18-98 Nando's Australia Pty Ltd
Nando's - "Hero chicken"
Dismissed Radio 14/04/1998
February 1999
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
18-99 Toy & Hobby Agencies Pty Ltd
Toy & Hobby Agencies - "Little girl playing with doll"
Dismissed 09/02/1999
June 2000
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180-00 eVentures Holdings Pty Ltd
eVentures (buy.com)
Dismissed 13/06/2000
184-00 Nissan Motor Co (Aust) Pty Ltd
Nissan - 3 Litre Turbo Diesel Patrol - speed-frozen faces
Dismissed 13/06/2000
185-00 Designer Direct
Designer Direct - Nip In
Dismissed 13/06/2000
June 2003
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
180-03 Kellogg (Aust) Pty Ltd
Kellogg - Coco Pops K Pows - boy's clothes blown off by brother eating Coco Pops.
Dismissed 10/06/2003
181-03 BHP Steel Ltd
BHP Steel - Colorbond - man in underwear collecting newspaper.
Dismissed 10/06/2003
187-03 Nissan Motor Co (Aust) Pty Ltd
Nissan - 350Z - trailer for DVD "The Run" - car speeds through streets of Prague.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Cinema 10/06/2003
188-03 Yamaha Motor Aust Pty Ltd
Yamaha Motors - 'sex appeal'.
Dismissed 10/06/2003
189-03 Coca-Cola South Pacific Pty Ltd
Coca-Cola - 'Take your top off' - female customer removes her top.
Dismissed 10/06/2003
June 1999
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
180-99 Arisit Appliances Pty Ltd
Arisit Appliances - Ariston PH960 MT
Dismissed Print 08/06/1999
182-99 3Com Australia & New Zealand
3Com Australia & New Zealand (PalmPilot) - "Naked woman"
Dismissed Outdoor 08/06/1999
183-99 Nissan Motor Co (Aust) Pty Ltd
Nissan - "New Patrol 4.2 litre Turbo Diesel"
Dismissed 08/06/1999
187-99 Volvo Car Aust Pty Ltd
Volvo - V70 Station Wagon - "Two children in rear cabin:
Dismissed Print 08/06/1999
188-99 Mattel Pty Ltd
Mattel - Fisher-Price
Dismissed 08/06/1999
189-99 Pizza Haven
Pizza Haven - SPARC Disability Foundation - "Lleyton Hewitt"
Dismissed 08/06/1999
August 2001
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
181-01 Ford Motor Co of Aust Ltd
Ford - Laser SR2 - Car Park - 'Take it for a burn'
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued 14/08/2001
184-01 Sony Computer Entertainment Aust Pty Ltd
Sony Computer Entertainment - Speedster 2, Playstation, legs with shredded clothing lying on stained carpet.
Dismissed Print 14/08/2001
187-01 Hasbro Australia Ltd
Hasbro - 'Twister' - 'Primates'
Dismissed 14/08/2001
May 2009
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
181-09 Ssangyong Motors Australia
Ssangyong Motors (181/09) 'the pull anything diesel' (Print)
Dismissed Print 14/05/2009
186-09 Unwired Australia
Unwired Australia (186/09) Billboard drunk fat man with junk and cigarette butts everywhere with text "I didn't know which one to get, either Chinese or Thai food, so I threw up on the couch anyway".
Dismissed Outdoor 14/05/2009
August 2002
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
182-02 Kraft Foods Ltd
Kraft Foods - Toblerone - two ads - 'What?' - man / woman with cheeks pushed out by chocolate in mouth.
Dismissed Outdoor 12/08/2002
184-02 Burger King Aust Pty Ltd
Burger King - Chicken Burger - people clucking and twitching "Cluck like a chicken when you order and get $1 off'
Dismissed 12/08/2002
185-02 Floppy Diks Computers
Floppy Diks - "Where you won't get screwed" - computer offer
Dismissed Print 12/08/2002
186-02 Unilever Australasia
Unilever - Lipton - man stumbles from bed into kitchen realising slowly where he is, and that he's wearing a "Foxy" t-shirt
Dismissed 12/08/2002
190-01 Nestle Australia Ltd
Nestle - Zone Mints - Female reporter interviewing male basketball player who is staring at her breasts
Dismissed 12/08/2002
July 2005
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
182-05 Kellogg (Aust) Pty Ltd
Kellogg - Just Right - man throwing a dart at a revolving globe of the world with no regard to where it lands. The dart hits the globe and is propelled towards a lamp and then into space.
Dismissed 12/07/2005
188-05 PZ Cussons Australia
PZ Cussons - Morning Fresh - Dishwashing liquid - woman hits man on head with a spanner after he runs it through the dishwasher
Dismissed 12/07/2005
June 2008
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
182-08 Hutchison 3G (Australia) Pty Ltd
Hutchison 3 - Madder than diabetic
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued 11/06/2008
185-08 Peugeot Automobiles Australia
Peugeot Automobiles - two lady birds make car bounce
Dismissed 11/06/2008
186-08 IKEA
Ikea - practical joke on elderly man who gets sprayed with fizzy drink
Dismissed 11/06/2008
August 2004
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
183-04 Hans Continental Smallgoods Pty Ltd
Hans Smallgoods - Fine Sliced Ham - woman steals a whole tray of ham offered for tasting
Dismissed 10/08/2004
184-04 Hans Continental Smallgoods Pty Ltd
Hans Smallgoods - Fine Sliced Ham - woman tasting ham pulls face to indicate it's awful so no one else will eat it
Dismissed 10/08/2004
185-04 SCA Hygiene Australasia
SCA Hygiene - Handee paper towels - robot toy trips woman, spilling liquid, so paper towel can wipe it up. Then robot comes out of room with Barbie doll and bangs doll's head into door frame
Dismissed 10/08/2004
August 2005
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184-05 Alberto Culver Pty Ltd
Alberto Culver - TRESemme - woman selects hair-care in supermarket and Ricardo, gay UK hairdresser approaches and says "This is for professionals only", they tackle each other to the ground and hairdresser scoops all product into his own basket
Dismissed 09/08/2005
May 2006
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184-06 Melbourne Storm Rugby League Club
Melbourne Storm RLC - set in Catholic church, nun steals offertory plate, runs down aisle, pushes priest out of the way and dives over the altar
Dismissed 09/05/2006
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
189-07 Bob Jane Corporation
Bob Jane - two women leaning seductively over car as man asks another "are they yours where did you pick them up?" - girls then realise they're discussing the tyres
Dismissed 10/07/2007
July 2000
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
187-00 Unilever Australasia
Unilever - Continental - Cup-A-Soup - Gourmet - psychiatrist
Dismissed 11/07/2000
188-00 Volvo Car Aust Pty Ltd
Volvo - Turbo
Dismissed 11/07/2000
189-00 Lone Ranges Shooting Complex
Lone Ranges Shooting Complex
Dismissed Radio 11/07/2000
190-00 Sleevemasters Tattoo Studio
Sleevemasters Tattoo Studio - sketch of arrow through female body
Dismissed Print 11/07/2000
February 2007
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19-07 Ford Motor Co of Aust Ltd
Ford - Territory Turbo - (Cinema) - black 4WD "Eats sports cars for breakfast" - Turbo lays in waiting to attack other cars and eat them - trail of debris left behind
Dismissed Cinema 13/02/2007
February 2008
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19-08 Consumer First Aust Pty Ltd
Consumer First - SMS VIDEO to 197 12345 - pole dancer
Dismissed 13/02/2008

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