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February 2001
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
6-01 Collins Foods Group Pty Ltd
Collins Foods Group - Sizzler - 'Kids'
Dismissed 13/02/2001
362-00 Hoolihan's Lawyers
Hoolihan's Lawyers - Not Guilty
Dismissed 13/02/2001
381-00 None
NetRegistry - 'We've Got You Covered' - Condom
Dismissed Print 13/02/2001
April 2004
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61-04 Nestle Confectionery
Nestle - Allen's Minties - dog looking for place to urinate, chooses the leg of man bus stop - girl offers Mintie to him to cheer him up with caption "it's moments like these you need Minties"
Dismissed 13/04/2004
March 2006
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64-06 Nissan Motor Co (Aust) Pty Ltd
Nissan - Tiida - woman (actress Kim Cattrall from Sex & The City) on phone speaking with sexual innuendo about her car
Dismissed 14/03/2006
April 2003
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67-03 Douwe Egberts Australia
Douwe Egberts - Moccona - 'Exotic' black man speaks with English accent.
Dismissed 08/04/2003
April 2011
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0116-11 Accord Business Brokers
Image of woman sat on a piece of exercise equipment wearing workout gear consisting of a top and g string. The image is on a website advertising businesses for sale: www.realcommercial.com.au.
Dismissed Internet - Social - Other 13/04/2011
September 2002
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211-02 Holden Ltd
Holden - Zafira - baby and child in rear seat - baby facing forward - older child appears to have drawn with crayons all over baby's face
Dismissed 10/09/2002
February 2006
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7-06 Take 2 Interactive Software Pty Ltd
Take 2 - "Warriors" computer game - violent fight scenes between rival gangs, man falls off roof
Dismissed 14/02/2006
40-06 Titan Enterprises (Qld) Pty Ltd
Titan Enterprises - man driving 1961 Thunderbird with father lounging in back seat - appears as if neither wears a seatbelt - son shows Dad snake collection
Dismissed 14/02/2006
November 1998
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214-98 None
All Nation Gas Traders (Eurolec Oven) - child touching oven
Dismissed 10/11/1998
September 2001
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218-01 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota - Avalon - driver skids car to stop using handbrake.
Dismissed 11/09/2001
June 2006
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223-06 Accor Asia Pacific Australia
Accor - Ibis Hotels - man in bed with two women, all are asleep + other scenes of different guests sleeping
Dismissed 13/06/2006
April 2002
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83-02 Unilever Australasia
Unilever - Streets - Magnum- "Greed - give in to it" - woman steals from welfare clothing bin - "Streets Magnum - 7 deadly sins"
Dismissed 09/04/2002
May 2001
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91-01 Red Rooster
Red Rooster - Little Red Rooster - Barbie/Hot Wheels Promotion
Dismissed 08/05/2001
August 2000
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241-00 LG Electronics Aust Pty Ltd
LG Electronics - Intello Combi microwave
Dismissed Print 08/08/2000
July 1998
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96-98 Tricon Restaurants International
Tricon - KFC Chicken - Godzilla
Dismissed 14/07/1998
August 2007
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244-07 Fitness First
Fitness First - "Work it off over winter" banner on own website shows skinny woman holding out oversize jeans to show how much weight has been lost
Dismissed Internet 14/08/2007
November 2002
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262-02 Integral Energy
Integral Energy - 'smart' wife takes charge after branches fall on wires.
Dismissed Radio 12/11/2002
August 2008
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277-08 Mitsubishi Motors Aust Ltd
Mitsubishi - Lancer - defy physics - hammer the straight - scream through the corner
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Print 13/08/2008
March 2005
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28-05 Lisa De Luca & Co Solicitors
Lisa De Luca & Co Solicitors - Drink Driving - if you are caught "they would do the worrying for you".
Dismissed Radio 08/03/2005
September 2007
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282-07 Bay Leather Republic
Bay Leather Republic - nude male and female (with breasts covered) - "Don't look now, we've taken half off!"
Dismissed Print 11/09/2007
October 2000
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289-00 Clorox Aust Pty Ltd
Clorox - Glad Tuff Stuff Garbage Bags - full bag punched
Dismissed 17/10/2000
April 2008
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106-08 Mitsubishi Motors Aust Ltd
Mitsubishi - Triton Ute - Black 4WD driving through desert and bush, on seashore
Dismissed 09/04/2008
September 2003
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294-03 Audi Australia Pty Ltd
Audi - A4 - 'Even the wind can't keep up.'
Dismissed 09/09/2003
April 2007
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111-07 Ford Motor Co of Aust Ltd
Ford - Fiesta (print)- man/woman in white lab coats stand in front of clay model of car - male had brown clay handprint on his butt
Dismissed Print 10/04/2007
August 2006
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297-06 Azspa Pty ltd
Azspa Pty Ltd - man snacking while watching TV - SMS singles - shows blond woman in black swimsuit under shower and in spa with male
Dismissed 08/08/2006
April 2009
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114-09 Oztonez/Red Circle Technologies
Oztonez/Red Circle - Print ad in Take 5 magazine. Multiple pictures for mobile phone downloads with sexual connotation.
Dismissed Print 22/04/2009
August 1998
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117-98 Mitsubishi Motors Aust Ltd
Mitsubishi - Pajero
Dismissed 11/08/1998
October 2005
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301-05 Unilever Australasia
Unilever - Omo - Dirt is Good - what kids put in their pockets, children putting uncleaned paint brushes, open lipstick tubes and frog in pockets
Dismissed 11/10/2005
May 2005
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120-05 Mainland Dairies Pty Ltd
Bonland Dairies - Mainland Munchables - Shows the "kids" (teenagers) 'bossing parents around'
Dismissed 10/05/2005
June 2005
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123-05 Ford Motor Co of Aust Ltd
Ford - Falcon Utility - "More value than beating the Poms"
Dismissed Print 14/06/2005
February 1999
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308-98 Ferrero Australia Pty Ltd (Ferrero Rocher)
Ferrero Australia - Ferrero Rocher - large house at night
Dismissed 09/02/1999
April 2009
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126-09 Fremantle Boat Show
Fremantle Boat Show - picture of young boy with his pants and underwear down at his ankles with caption - what kind of deals can you expect at the Boat Show
Dismissed Print 08/04/2009
July 2004
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133-04 Sony Australia Pty Ltd
Sony - Wag campaign - black actors have prosthetic tails indicating bestial or sub-human traits - white actors have no tails
Dismissed 13/07/2004
December 2004
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321-04 Unilever Australasia
Unilever - Streets - Paddle Pop - hyena sitting with lion breaks wind then laughs, before lion grabs him and starts alpine ski race
Dismissed 07/12/2004
324-04 Jaguar Australia
Jaguar - Steve McQueen - "he jumped fences on his motorcycle and starlets in his Jag"
Dismissed Print 07/12/2004
344-04 Lance Dixon Ferrari
Lance Dixon - Bentley Continental GT - "top speed 318km"
Dismissed Print 07/12/2004
June 2004
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139-04 Grange Antiques
Grange Antiques - naked female holding picture frame
Dismissed Print 08/06/2004
February 2003
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330-02 Peugeot Automobiles Australia
Peugeot 206 - Indian man continually crashes car, gets elephant to sit on it, blowtorches it, to remodel it to look like the Peugeot 206 he's seen in the print ad
Dismissed 11/02/2003
June 2001
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148-01 National Rugby League Ltd
NRL - Series of 3 State of Origin ads, and one in which man drives car door against Maroons (Qld) vehicle
Dismissed 12/06/2001
December 2001
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334-01 Ricegrowers' Co-operative Ltd Inc NSW
Ricegrowers' Co-op - SunRice - 2 ads - Tortilla Sensations Red Chilli (eye drops) and Flamin' BBQ (coal on buttocks)
Dismissed Outdoor 11/12/2001
December 2000
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338-00 LG Electronics Aust Pty Ltd
LG Electronics - Jet Cooling Air Conditioner - young boys watching woman undress thru window - she puts on aircon which fogs up windows
Dismissed 12/12/2000
May 2006
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153-06 Ford Motor Co of Aust Ltd
Ford - Focus - Jackie O carries a fish in her car without spilling a drop of water, until she getst home and is distracted to see Andrew G driving past - she accidentally tilts the fish bowl and the fish goes down a drain
Dismissed 09/05/2006
October 2007
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340-07 Melbourne Racing Club
Melbourne Racing Club - Print - children reading form guide "As it turns out Saturdays are for doing homework"
Dismissed Print 09/10/2007
October 2003
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355-03 Volkswagen Group Australia Pty Limited
Volkswagen - Touareg - vehicle becomes airborne.
Dismissed 14/10/2003
June 2007
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170-07 Mammoth Storage
Mammoth Storage - "Can't fit it all in?" - woman's bra-covered breasts shown
Dismissed Print 12/06/2007
173-07 Yum Restaurants International
Yum - KFC - Hot 'n' Spicy Fillets - basketball - man eating chicken at basketball courts and when asked "What's it like?" one claps his hands to the other's face with a loud thwack
Dismissed 12/06/2007
November 2006
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439-06 Mitre 10 (Australia) Pty Ltd
Mitre 10 - Dial A Dad - real Dad painting garage finds his son playing cricket in backyard with a stranger who explains he's from Dial-a-Dad
Dismissed 14/11/2006
February 2004
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449-03 Nissan Motor Co (Aust) Pty Ltd
Nissan - Pulsar-radio- 'The pricing department hasn't done a bloody thing'
Dismissed Radio 17/02/2004

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