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January 2017
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort descending Category Media Determination date
0008-17 Tatts Lotteries
The commercial showed Lotto balls as cartoon characters getting ready for a draw
Dismissed Gambling TV - Free to Air 18/01/2017
0009-17 Save the Children Australia
Asking for donations to save the children in Africa.Very graphic images.
Dismissed Community Awareness TV - Free to Air 18/01/2017
0010-17 Lowes Menswear
The advertisement shows a man dressed as a woman, however, the man has a very thick moustache and wearing makeup.
Dismissed Clothing TV - Free to Air 18/01/2017
0014-17 Coca-Cola Amatil
Full length ad on a bus featuring a girl in yoga (could be Jen Hawkins, not sure) Hydration Nation or similar
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries Transport 18/01/2017
January 2018
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort descending Category Media Determination date
0008-18 Origin Energy
A husband is made to look foolish for thermally insulating his house and the wife is made to look smart for being on the Origin savernator website.
Dismissed House Goods Services TV - Free to Air 24/01/2018
0009-18 Microsoft Pty Ltd
An offensive, insensitive, dangerous and grossly inaccurate TV Commercial for HP computers depicting a "friendly" killer Great White shark.
Dismissed Retail TV - Free to Air 24/01/2018
February 2011
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort descending Category Media Determination date
0009-11 Unit
Woman in black bikini and baseball cap sat astride a motorbike which is partly submerged in a swimming pool. The UNIT logo is on the bottom left of the advertisement.
Dismissed Clothing Poster 09/02/2011
0011-11 Optus Communications
Two Computer Generated Image (CGI) crocodiles are filmed playing a round of tennis on the Australian Open centre court. The crocodiles use their tails as racquets, but instead of hitting a tennis ball, they hit a CGI squirrel. The TVC shows an Optus replay of a point in dispute (a line call) with a voice-over promoting watching the Australian Open streamed live ‘on your compatible Optus 3G mobile’.
Dismissed Telecommunications 09/02/2011
0012-11 Paparazzi Clothing
Image of a naked woman showing her from the waist to mid thighs. Her hands are crossed over her genital area and her fingers are splayed so we can see the nail polish she is wearing. The text reads, "Even if you can't find something to wear... Bio Sculpture have got your nails covered."
Dismissed Clothing Print 09/02/2011
0014-11 AAMI
The ad is play on the musical "Hair" but renamed to "Fair". It follows a man in a street where as a safe driver he is avoiding accidents. He is joined in the street by various people, including a group of bikini clad girls working at a car wash.
Dismissed Insurance 09/02/2011
0015-11 Dulux Group
A man painting his concrete outdoor area in the backyard with his pet dog suspended from a balloon above the area. The advertisement is for Berger Jet Dry AquaTread, a paving paint.
Dismissed Other Print 09/02/2011
February 2012
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort descending Category Media Determination date
0009-12 Naked Tan
A male and female in a natural/forest type surrounding. The male is covered from the waist down. The female figure is shirtless with her long hair being used to cover her chest.The female also has peacock feathers attached to her back as wings and feathers completely covering her groin area.
Dismissed Toiletries Billboard 08/02/2012
0012-12 ACP Publishing Pty Ltd
A woman picks up a copy of Cosmopolitan magazine from the side of the pool and in the process falls into the water. This is followed by a series of page shots of the magazine displaying specific features from the magazine with a voice over describing these features.
Dismissed Media 08/02/2012
0013-12 Medibank Private Ltd
A picture of a girl reading a magazine upside down accompanied by text which states you don’t need to be a genius to know what you will get back from your health insurer.
Dismissed Insurance Internet 08/02/2012
0014-12 Transport Accident Commission
‘Room for One More?’ is a two-minute film which tells the story of Jake, a young man on his way to a party who learns that he is soon to be responsible for a car accident. It takes a more serious look at what can happen when young people are distracted in a car and uses ghosts of road trauma victims to help tell his story.
Dismissed Community Awareness Cinema 08/02/2012
0015-12 Boyson Meat & Poultry
The advertisement shows a man wearing a black surgeon’s style cap and a pin striped butchers apron and holding a platter of meat with a selection of meat and a bottle of champagne. He is not wearing a top under the apron. The advertisement has the caption “Come flirt with our meat”
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries Print 08/02/2012
January 2013
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort descending Category Media Determination date
0009-13 FOXTEL Management Pty Ltd
It's the 2012 Christmas Ad for Foxtel/ Nickelodian involving Santa's Elves.
Dismissed Entertainment 30/01/2013
0011-13 Lion
"She is a thing of beauty".
Dismissed Alcohol Transport 30/01/2013
0012-13 Transport for NSW
'Plan B' advertising campaign by the RTA, about random breath testing and encouraging people to find alternate transport home when drinking to avoid 'drink driving'. It features a man in his twenties fantasizing about the various ways he could get home after a night out, in order to avoid drink driving.
Dismissed Community Awareness 30/01/2013
0013-13 Fremantle Arts Centre
The advertising, is a photo from photographer Gabrielle Sullivan, which shows an Aboriginal Lady holding a large lizard, above her head in the air. The title of the photo is called "Catch it".
Dismissed Other Internet 30/01/2013
0014-13 Fremantle Arts Centre
The advertising, is a photo from photographer Gabrielle Sullivan, which shows an Aboriginal Lady holding a large lizard, above her head in the air. The title of the photo is called "Catch it".
Dismissed Other Billboard 30/01/2013
0015-13 Fremantle Arts Centre
The advertising, is a photo from photographer Gabrielle Sullivan, which shows an Aboriginal Lady holding a large lizard, above her head in the air. The title of the photo is called "Catch it".
Dismissed Other Transport 30/01/2013
January 2014
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort descending Category Media Determination date
0009-14 Fosters Australia, Asia & Pacific
Men are shown drinking VB while operating machinery e.g. lawn mower, electric hand tools.
Dismissed Alcohol 29/01/2014
0010-14 Frucor Beverages Australia
V energy - Manic lane changing energy banner on a taxi.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries Transport 29/01/2014
0011-14 RAA of South Australia
Actor George Kapiniaris is seen in the advertisment attending a funeral.
Dismissed Insurance 29/01/2014
0012-14 Sony Music Entertainment Australia Ltd
Beyonce's new album includes sexually suggestive images of Beyonce.
Dismissed Entertainment 29/01/2014
0015-14 Expedia
Complaining about using the word 'Harlot' in an advertisement for travel by Expediahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohaThfK_VPs
Dismissed Travel Internet 29/01/2014
February 2016
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort descending Category Media Determination date
0009-16 Carlton and United Breweries
Win TV
Dismissed Alcohol TV - Free to Air 10/02/2016
0010-16 All Tools NT
A woman in revealing clothing and high heels holds a large jackhammer suggestively.
Dismissed Hardware/Machinery Transport 10/02/2016
0011-16 Optus Communications
An ad where three woman are sitting on beach chairs sipping some drinks. One woman is describing her new boyfriend who is an accomplished surgeon and how she is obviously happy with him. They ask her 'what's the catch?' She replies 'There's no catch.' The two other women start making innuendos about 'huge' and 'massive' televisions and the women with the boyfriend angrily yells 'SIZE DOES MATTER.' The ad then closes with the words 'Size Does Matter.'
Dismissed Entertainment Internet - Social - Other 10/02/2016
0012-16 Australian Insurance Holdings
Captain Risky does some stunts and ends the commercial urinating into his own mouth
Dismissed Insurance TV - Free to Air 10/02/2016
0014-16 Allianz Australia Ltd
A man is attempting to wash his car with a hose, but no water is coming through the nozzle. He is seen fiddling with the nozzle, before he points and holds the nozzle centimetres from his right eye. Noticing his father's trouble, his child removes a kink in the hose, causing a force of water to hit the man's face, making him drop the hose.The force of the water starts the hose wriggling, which breaks a window, before causing an accident when the force of the water hits the driver of a passing ice cream van in the eyes, causing it to crash into another car.
Dismissed Insurance TV - Free to Air 10/02/2016
0015-16 Carl Jnr Burgers
Advertising a hamburger : woman on beach eating hamburger
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 10/02/2016
January 2019
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort descending Category Media Determination date
0009-19 Godfreys
The advertisement was of a Godfreys warehouse sale which depicted several moving forklifts.
Dismissed House Goods Services TV - Free to Air 23/01/2019
0011-19 Booking.com Internation B.V.
It shows people in different countries with accomodation.
Dismissed Travel TV - Free to Air 23/01/2019
0013-19 SsanngYong
Ad shows a vehicle driving at speed into what is portrayed as sea water on a beach.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 23/01/2019
0014-19 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota Kluger ad featuring a woman applying lipstick at traffic lights. This advertisement also features a man looking at the woman when the rear window winds down and her son stares at the man. 
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 23/01/2019
February 2017
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort descending Category Media Determination date
0011-17 McDonald's Aust Ltd
Advertisement for McDonald's snack box type product
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 08/02/2017
0013-17 Department of Health and Human Services (TAS)
Ad is trying to stop ambulance officers being assaulted.
Dismissed Community Awareness TV - Free to Air 08/02/2017
February 2018
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort descending Category Media Determination date
0011-18 Nepean Events
I have a problem with the photo for the advertising. Just the photo's of the hand holding the glass of wine or beer above the water. Dangerous behaviour.
Dismissed Entertainment Internet 07/02/2018
0012-18 True Local
When the email is opened it shows Steve, leaning back in his office chair, with a bikini clad girl on his wall, looks like from a magazine, not a photo, due to the background.Not the worst example of sexist advertising. But still inappropriate, given the level of violence against women that exists.
Dismissed Professional Services Email 07/02/2018
0013-18 KMart Australia Ltd
Two people from different families decorating their home with Kmart Christmas decorations in a split screen.
Dismissed Retail Internet - Social - Facebook 07/02/2018
0014-18 Pope
The add demeans white males and portrays them as stupid if the add was turned to focus on females or other people apart from white males the lynch mob's would be out.There are too many adds denigrating white males.
Dismissed House Goods Services TV - Free to Air 07/02/2018
January 2015
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort descending Category Media Determination date
0012-15 Calvin Klein Perfume
A 30 second ad on tv, while watching better homes and gardens. Calvin Klein's "Eternity" Perfume.
Dismissed Toiletries TV - Free to Air 28/01/2015
0013-15 PVH Brands Australia Pty Ltd
Calvin Klein's "My Calvin's" advertisements, mainly black and white billboards of a shirtless man holding a woman in her underwear. Also any other Calvin Klein advertisement, swimwear advertisement and other underwear brand advertisements that include half naked men and women.
Dismissed Lingerie Outdoor 28/01/2015
0014-15 Travel insurance direct
Brown people hanging onto outside of bus
Dismissed Insurance Transport 28/01/2015
0015-15 Sportsbet
A man was struggling with many bags of groceries when his neighbour asks him if he has made his bet, he then stops carrying the groceries in to make the bet, his wife then texts him to collect milk.
Dismissed Gambling TV - Free to Air 28/01/2015
February 2019
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort descending Category Media Determination date
0012-19 SodaStream Australia
Soda stream uses one reusable bottle to make hundreds of carbonated drinks, rather than wasting hundreds of bottles. Hundreds of plastic bottles are shown.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 06/02/2019
January 2014
Case number Ad Standards description Determinationsort descending Category Media Determination date
0013-14 Meat & Livestock Australia Ltd
Sam Kekovich's Lambasodor ad.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries Internet 24/01/2014
0014-14 Meat & Livestock Australia Ltd
Sam Kekovich and his Lambassador 2014 ad.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries 24/01/2014

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