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E.g., 29/10/2020
E.g., 29/10/2020
February 2020
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Media Determination datesort ascending
0064-20 Wicked Campers
This transport advertisement features the text Slogan "I might have lost my virginity but I've still got the box it came in" on the back of the van. QLD Registration number 108 XUV.
Upheld - Not Modified or Discontinued Automotive Transport 26/02/2020
0063-20 Honey Birdette
This poster advertisement depicts a woman in sheer neon green bra, garter belt, underpants and stockings standing in a doorway. Image text states ‘Lyndl Untamed’.
Dismissed Lingerie Poster 26/02/2020
0065-20 Cotton On Group
This poster advertisement is a window size poster image of three adult female models wearing blue and white seam free bralettes and blue and white underwear. There is a window decal that accompanies the poster, the text reads “I feel so good in them. I feel like me. Undies 5 for $35”.
Dismissed Clothing Poster 26/02/2020
0066-20 McDonald's Australia Limited
This television advertisement is promoting a new series of mini games within the mymacca's app. The advertisement shows two adults playing the mymacca's mini games on their phones, where they themselves become the characters in the game.
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 26/02/2020
0067-20 McDonald's Australia Limited
This advertisement is games within the mymacca's app. There are three games available, mini golf, a maze, and a lucky dip.
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue App 26/02/2020
0068-20 Pretty Little Thing
This television advertisement for Pretty Little Thing depicts model Gabby Epstein in various clothing in a beach setting. Scenes include her posing near rocks, sitting in a lifegurard chair, walking along the beach, sitting on the sand, standing on the sand, sitting in a large white chair near the water, and walking with a surfboard.
Dismissed Clothing TV - Free to Air 26/02/2020
0070-20 Sony Pictures Releasing Pty Ltd
This TV On Demand advertisement features scenes from the film Fantasy Island', including a scene at the end depicting a black substance coming from a pair of eyes.
Dismissed Entertainment TV - On Demand 26/02/2020
0073-20 Pretty Little Thing
This Pay TV advertisement for Pretty Little Thing depicts model Gabby Epstein in various clothing in a beach setting. Scenes include her posing near rocks, sitting in a lifegurard chair, walking along the beach, sitting on the sand, standing on the sand, sitting in a large white chair near the water, and walking with a surfboard.
Dismissed Clothing TV - Pay 26/02/2020
0072-20 WWWave Corporation
This app advertisement is cartoon comic style. Two images appear. The one on the left has an image of a girl with a hand patting her head and the speech bubble "Good girl". The image on the right depicts a man in a white shirt with apparent sweat on his brow and text stating "pant". The speech bubble next to him states "...You finally opened up". The girls head can be seen towards his lap. The whole image has a header stating "My stepfather is..."
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Other Internet 26/02/2020
0069-20 Domino's Pizza Enterprises Ltd
This television advertisement for Domino's pizza contains the phrases: Any large pizza from $15 each; Delivered; No minimum spend; No surprises
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 26/02/2020
February 2020
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Media Determination datesort ascending
0033-20 Yum Restaurants International
This transport advertisement features a person holding a large KFC bucket of chicken with the words 'Bucket why not?'.
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue Transport 12/02/2020
0053-20 ANZ Banking Group Ltd
This television advertisement features two men standing over a baby in a bassinet and singing "You make me feel like financing" to the tune of "You make me feel like dancing" by Leo Sayer. The baby is wearing a beanie.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Finance/Investment TV - Free to Air 12/02/2020
0035-20 Bras n Things
This poster advertisement is Christmas themed and depicts women in lingerie.
Dismissed Clothing Poster 12/02/2020
0050-20 Toyota Motor Corporation Australia
This television advertisement features a man driving while listening to the song 'Call Me Maybe' by Carly Rae Jepson.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 12/02/2020
0055-20 Australian Pork Ltd
This television advertisement depicts a couple on a bus. They discuss doing something, suggesting a quickie, that they could do it that night, on the deck, and suggest inviting the neighbours. The couple get stares from other passengers. The advertisement then switches to a BBQ scene showing the couple cooking pork on the BBQ with their neighbours.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 12/02/2020
0056-20 Uber Australia Pty Ltd
There are 15 versions of this television advertisement which open on a shot of a sports arena, then cuts to a scene involving a tennis player or Magda Szubanski speaking to camera.
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 12/02/2020
0057-20 Toyota Motor Corporation Australia
This television advertisement features footage of a Toyota motorsports vehicle driving on a track, interspersed with Toyota vehicles driving on and off roads.
Dismissed Automotive TV - Free to Air 12/02/2020
0058-20 Dineamic
This television advertisement features a promotion for fresh food delivered.
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 12/02/2020
0061-20 Campbell Arnott's
This television advertisement depicts Scott Cam in a kitchen talking about Savoy/Jatz crackers. The advertisement then cuts to a brief scene that appears to be announcing that the tennis is back, before Scott Cam walks on screen and talks to the voiceover.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 12/02/2020
0062-20 Ultra Tune Australia
This YouTube advertisement features Warwick Capper and Pamela Anderson.
Dismissed Automotive Internet - Social - Other 12/02/2020
0054-20 Fachat
This advertisement appears within the eBay app. It features three photos of a blonde girl in a white tank top that appear to have been taken by a webcam. The text beneath the images states “Fun face to face chat. Video chat with stranger. Meet new friends globally”.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Telecommunications App 12/02/2020
0051-20 Ultra Tune Australia
There are two versions of this television advertisement which feature Warwick Capper and Pamela Anderson.
Dismissed Automotive TV - Free to Air 12/02/2020
0026-20 Doll House Gentleman's Club
This radio advertisment is a promotion for Doll House Gentleman's Club.
Dismissed Sex Industry Radio 12/02/2020
0052-20 RaffleTix
This Facebook advertisement features a photo of a woman in white underpants and a white crop-top leaning against a grey Mustang.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Gambling Internet - Social - Facebook 12/02/2020
January 2020
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Media Determination datesort ascending
0007-20 Height 4 Hire
This radio advertisement states: G’day Allan Langer here. Did you know there’s a surgeon in Russia who will chop your legs off at the ankle and extend your Femurs by up to 6 inches? You’d have to be “barking” to go through all that for a crappy 6 inches. Stuff that for a game of marbles. Thanks to Height 4 Hire I’ve found a better way. Take her up boys! **(Scissor Lift beeping)** Need Height? Hire it right. Height 4 Hire. Call 1800 Height or go to Height 4 Hire dot com dot au.
Dismissed Hardware/Machinery Radio 22/01/2020
0013-20 Wicked Campers
Wicked van with SA registration "S081BSP". Text states "Lets play a game of fuck-off. You go first"
Upheld - Not Modified or Discontinued Other Transport 22/01/2020
0027-20 Weeks Building Group
This television advertisement features a couple in a taxi at night. As the taxi meter gets higher, the man becomes agitated. He requests that the taxi driver stop and let the couple out, and then the woman is shown walking ahead of him on a footpath. The advertisement cuts to scenes of a new home.
Dismissed Professional Service TV - Free to Air 22/01/2020
0043-20 McDonald's Australia Limited
This transport advertisement is promoting the Grand Big Mac.
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue Transport 22/01/2020
0009-20 PLAY HAWKERS SL
This internet advertisement features a promotion for a Black Friday sale. The words 'Have a threesome' are superimposed over blurry images of people.
Dismissed Clothing Internet 22/01/2020
0030-20 Wicked Campers
Wicked van with SA registration "S614BYI'. Text states "You're not a woman until humans come out of your vagina and trample on your dreams".
Upheld - Not Modified or Discontinued Vehicle Transport 22/01/2020
0028-20 Honey Birdette
This poster advertisement depicts a woman in black mesh bra, underpants and suspender. The advertisement is titled Axl.
Dismissed Lingerie Poster 22/01/2020
0001-20 Yum Restaurants International
This television advertisement features a young woman looking at her reflection in the window of a parked car. She is dressed as though she is going to a festival, turns to check herself out from behind, then leans over and adjusts her breasts. The car window winds down to reveal two preteen boys and an unimpressed mother. The woman says, 'did someone say KFC?'. And is then seen eating KFC with a friend.
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 22/01/2020
0011-20 Tesalate
This print advertisement features four image of people at ocean-side locations with towels and information about the product and company history.
Dismissed House Goods Services Print 22/01/2020
0039-20 Ola Cabs
This television advertisement depicts various scenes of people being dropped off and picked up by Ola Cabs.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Travel TV - Free to Air 22/01/2020
0029-20 Canteen
This poster advertisement depicts a girl with turquoise coloured hair and the text “If one more person says I’m brave I’m going to loose my sh*t”.
Dismissed Community Awareness Print 22/01/2020
0005-20 AHM Health Insurance
This Pay TV advertisement features former Australian cricketer Andrew Symonds in a television studio filming an advertisement. When a prop behind him falls a television production assistant goes to pick it up and Andrew Symonds knocks him over with his shoulder.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Insurance TV - Pay 22/01/2020
0014-20 Aspen Pharmacare Australia Pty Ltd
The poster advertisement features an image of a woman seated behind a desk looking over her shoulder. There is a fishbowl around her and two goldfish swimming in the bowl. The text 'Could it be bacterial vaginosis?' is superimposed over the image.
Dismissed Health Products Poster 22/01/2020
0047-20 Honey Birdette
This TV Out of Home advertisement has two versions featuring a blonde and brunette woman in red lingerie. In each version, one of the women sits on a chair as the other circles her.
Upheld - Not Modified or Discontinued Lingerie TV - Out of Home 22/01/2020
0031-20 Naughty Boy
This television advertisement is cartoon styled and features a man in the following scenes: a board room; a park; a bedroom; at a computer; holding a statement; signing for a package; and in bed with two other people.
Dismissed Sex Industry TV - Free to Air 22/01/2020
0008-20 PLAY HAWKERS SL
This email promotion is for the Hawker's Black Friday promotion and features the heading 'Three's company'.
Dismissed Clothing Email 22/01/2020
0018-20 Treasury Wine Estates
This television advertisement depicts a man at home googling "I don't want to go out" and the computer saying he has agoraphobia. Following scenes show him on his phone, peering out windows and using a VR headset.
Dismissed Alcohol TV - On Demand 22/01/2020
0048-20 Yum Restaurants International
This television advertisement features a young woman looking at her reflection in the window of a parked car. She is dressed as though she is going to a festival, turns to check herself out from behind, then leans over and adjusts her breasts. The car window winds down to reveal two preteen boys and an unimpressed mother. The woman says, 'did someone say KFC?'. And is then seen eating KFC with a friend.
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - Pay 22/01/2020
0034-20 Yum Restaurants International
There are multiple versions of this poster advertisement. They each feature an image of a person holding a bucket of chicken. The first version featured the words, "Cheeky chicken run" The second version featured the words, "Life's better when you say bucket" The third version featured the words, "Bucket why not?"
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - Out of Home 22/01/2020
0012-20 Take Two Interactive (2K Games)
This Pay TV advertisement is a Christmas themed promotion for the game Borderlands 3.
Dismissed Entertainment TV - Pay 22/01/2020
0020-20 Uniden Australia
This television advertisement features a voice over stating the benefits of the two way UHF radio, and images of the product in use.
Dismissed Telecommunications TV - Free to Air 22/01/2020
0049-20 Yum Restaurants International
This television advertisement features a young woman looking at her reflection in the window of a parked car. She is dressed as though she is going to a festival, turns to check herself out from behind, then leans over and adjusts her breasts. The car window winds down to reveal two preteen boys and an unimpressed mother. The woman says, 'did someone say KFC?'. And is then seen eating KFC with a friend.
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - On Demand 22/01/2020
0036-20 Step One
This Pay TV advertisement for men's underwear features references to bananas and hammocks.
Dismissed Lingerie TV - Pay 22/01/2020
0015-20 Shiseido Fragrance Division
This internet advertisement features a panning camera shot of a man in a white speedo standing on a cliff. He watches a woman in a white bikini in a boat below. He dives off the cliff then appears on the boat. He leans over to embrace and kiss the woman. A movie clapper appears in front of them and the words 'cut' can be heard.
Dismissed Toiletries Internet 22/01/2020
0021-20 Prime Video
The television-on-demand advertisement is for season three of the television series The Marvellous Mrs. Maisel.
Dismissed Entertainment TV - On Demand 22/01/2020
0421-19 Honey Birdette
This poster advertisement features two women in black lingerie standing next to a man in a Santa outfit. One of the women has her hand on his hat, pushing it down over his eyes. The accompanying words state, 'Axl Santa baby'.
Upheld - Not Modified or Discontinued Lingerie Poster 22/01/2020

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