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July 2019
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Media Determination datesort descending
0181-19 Telstra Corporation Ltd
Telstra advertisement about the launch of 5G
Dismissed Telecommunications TV - Free to Air 10/07/2019
0203-19 Network Ten Pty Limited
There is an ad for The project on channel 10 that has all four main hosts on bicycles, and the two male hosts are wearing helmets and the two female hosts are not.
Dismissed Entertainment Transport 10/07/2019
0215-19 Mitchell's Quality Foods
Television ad for Lite n' Easy
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 10/07/2019
0204-19 Lexus Australia
A black Lexus is seen being driven through a carpark, starting with a four wheel drift, then accelerating as it exits, without the driver slowing or stopping to see if there are any pedestrians (as is required when exiting private property onto a public road) then becoming airborne as it exits the carpark and bouncing as it hits the road, then another four wheel drift.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 10/07/2019
0216-19 Woolworths Group
Direct marketing email from everyday rewards program. Advertising 'Get your 10th longneck free'. Below this was a 'Dry July Partner' banner.
Dismissed Alcohol Email 10/07/2019
0191-19 Brand Developers
This is about the advertisement of the "Sunshine Blade Instant Heater".
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued House Goods Services TV - Free to Air 10/07/2019
0205-19 LG Electronics Aust Pty Ltd
A 1-minute video ad circulating on Instagram.
Dismissed House Goods Services Internet - Social - Instagram 10/07/2019
0217-19 Electrolux Home Products
Advertising a hotplate with smart controls
Dismissed House Goods Services TV - Free to Air 10/07/2019
0193-19 Roadshow Films
This bus stop advertisement for Child's Play features an image of a doll holding a knife.
Dismissed Entertainment Outdoor 10/07/2019
0207-19 Step One
Pay TV ad for men's underwear.
Dismissed Lingerie TV - Pay 10/07/2019
0218-19 Honey Birdette
Red Alert campaign: series of still images, all with red background featuring woman in various black lingerie pieces. Some feature text “censorship” across woman’s breasts. Displayed on digital screens and played on rotation at various speeds. 
Upheld - Not Modified or Discontinued Lingerie Poster 10/07/2019
0194-19 Roadshow Films
Bus advertising for a movie called Child's Play depicting a frightening looking doll holding a knife. 
Dismissed Entertainment Transport 10/07/2019
0208-19 Roadshow Films
The outdoor advertisement for the movie 'After' features a man and a woman naked yet their bodies are concealed by each others.
Dismissed Entertainment Outdoor 10/07/2019
0219-19 Honey Birdette
Blonde woman in black multi piece lingerie set. Woman is shown from lips down. 
Dismissed Lingerie Poster 10/07/2019
0195-19 Roadshow Films
A billboard for a movie called Child's Play depicting a frightening looking doll holding a knife. 
Dismissed Entertainment Billboard 10/07/2019
July 2019
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Media Determination datesort descending
0234-19 Isuzu Ute Australia Pty Ltd
This television advertisement features a blue Isuzu D-Max Ute being taken into the bush/hills by a family with a border collie pet dog.
Dismissed Automotive TV - Free to Air 24/07/2019
0235-19 Yum Restaurants International
This television advertisement features a group of people watching TV when a male and female burst out of another room. She says "I've been faking it!"and he says "Anyone say KFC?"
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 24/07/2019
0236-19 Yum Restaurants International
This television advertisement depicts a woman entering a room at the same time as a man opens a bottle of wine and the cork hits her in the face displacing her glasses a little. An embarrassing silence then ensues and the man says, 'did anyone say KFC?'
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue TV - Free to Air 24/07/2019
0224-19 Global Shop Direct
This television advertisement is for a product which is designed to fix phone onto car dash.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Automotive TV - Pay 24/07/2019
0238-19 Honey Birdette
Image is an close up of woman’s face and breasts. Woman is wearing something made of sheer, navy coloured fabric. Product is named Belinda.
Dismissed Lingerie TV - Out of Home 24/07/2019
0228-19 The Palace
This TV Out of Home advertisement for a gentleman's club depicts three static images on rotation.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Sex Industry TV - Out of Home 24/07/2019
0237-19 Brand Developers
This television advertisement is an infomercial for an infrared wall heater which aired in a breakfast program.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued House Goods Services TV - Free to Air 24/07/2019
0232-19 Tasmanian Bakeries
This television advertisement depicts a car doing multiple laps of a city block and shows a woman hanging out the window. Voiceover also states to "stick a pie in your national pie hole".
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 24/07/2019
0239-19 Honey Birdette
TV OOH advertisement which features a fast moving video montage of still images of a woman in lingerie. The lingerie is an Alina body suit which has sheer fabric between leather straps.
Upheld - Not Modified or Discontinued Lingerie TV - Out of Home 24/07/2019
0225-19 Minerals Council of Australia
This television advertisement related to rehabilitating land after mining.
Dismissed Other TV - Free to Air 24/07/2019
0226-19 Cece Crash Repairs
This advertisement depicts the text "RIM JOBS...Colour changes and repairs to your damaged rims". Two images of wheels are ncluded, one with a winking face emoji and one with a tongue oout emoji in the centre of the wheel.
Dismissed Automotive Poster 24/07/2019
0230-19 Wicked Campers
This transport advertisement is for a moving van and features text on the side and rear of the van and the word "cunt". WA Registration number 1DMW 607.
Upheld - Not Modified or Discontinued Travel Transport 24/07/2019
0231-19 Wicked Campers
This transport advertisement is for a moving van and features text on the side and rear of the van and the word "cunt". Victorian Registration number UMJ530.
Upheld - Not Modified or Discontinued Travel Transport 24/07/2019
0233-19 Primo Foods
This television advertisement features a jingle about what meat to eat each day of the week.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 24/07/2019
August 2019
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Media Determination datesort descending
0250-19 Wicked Campers
Wicked Campervan advertising moving includes the phrase "It's a great cunt of a day" South Australian registration number plates S571 BUP
Upheld - Not Modified or Discontinued Vehicle Transport 07/08/2019
0243-19 Soul Press
This Instagram story featured an image of bottles of orange liquid with the text "These babies are your key to a healthy flu free winter" and "All stores fully stocked up on our immunity shots".
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Health Products Internet - Social - Instagram 07/08/2019
0257-19 Iggy Azalea Management
Facebook advertisements for Iggy Azalea's album "In My Defense" which includes the album cover, which has an image of the artist slumped against the side of a car as though she has been shot.
Dismissed Entertainment Internet - Social - Facebook 07/08/2019
0244-19 Valley Butchers
This window sticker features the business name and the words "NON HALAL CERTIFIED" with a picture of an emu and kangaroos.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Food/Bev Groceries Poster 07/08/2019
0246-19 The Palace
This TV Out Of Home advertisement features a blonde woman in a white bikini with black stockings posed upside down between a man's legs. She is pulling the centre string of her bikini down.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Entertainment TV - Out of Home 07/08/2019
0240-19 Hotels Combined
The Panel noted the television advertisement features a woman walking into a room asking “have you been up all night?” A man whispers, “I’m looking for hotel deals”. He moves from behind the lounge off screen as the woman asks, “why didn’t you just go to Hotel’s Combined?” The man is seen hanging from the ceiling and he repeats “Hotels combined”.
Dismissed Other TV - Free to Air 07/08/2019
0241-19 Yum Restaurants International
The television advertisement features two trolley collectors interacting with trolleys and eating KFC.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 07/08/2019
0242-19 Mitre 10 Australia
Page 13 of the Mitre 10 July National Catalogue on sale from July 17-28. Three Outdoor Power Garden tools depicted with the call out "EU5 Emissions Compliant"
Dismissed Hardware/Machinery Print 07/08/2019
0248-19 Yum Restaurants International
This Pay TV advertisement features a group of people watching TV when a male and female burst out of another room. She says "Guess what I'm faking it!"and he says "Anyone say KFC?"
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Pay 07/08/2019
August 2019
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Media Determination datesort descending
0252-19 Crimsafe
Radio advertisement for Crimsafe featuring Kimmy's dad talking about toughness.
Dismissed House Goods Services Radio 21/08/2019
0253-19 Cosmetique
This radio advertisement features the voiceover “1, 2, skip a few, 99, 100. If you like taking shortcuts you might be interested in liposuction by Cosmetique, Australia’s leading cosmetic surgery clinic. Liposuction removes fat form various parts of the body including the tummy, hips, thighs, knees, ankles, upper arms and neck. Prices start from $1800. To book a consultation at your nearest Cosmetique clinic go to australiancosmetic.com”
Dismissed Slimming Radio 21/08/2019
0254-19 Hanes Brands Inc
Television advertisement for Bonds which refers to the glo-ball warming man-demic, and highlights a product with ball cooling technology.
Dismissed Lingerie TV - Free to Air 21/08/2019
0255-19 Isuzu Ute Australia Pty Ltd
The television advertisement features a father teaching his teenage daughter to drive in an empty car park.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 21/08/2019
0256-19 SOJO Pty Ltd
There are three versions of this television advertisement for tradies underwear featuring Chrarlotte Caslick, Nick Cummins and Danielle Scott.
Dismissed Lingerie TV - Free to Air 21/08/2019
0258-19 Volkswagen Group Australia Pty Limited
This radio advertisement features a person advertising the sale of vehicles talking in a voice similar to some one has sucked in helium from a balloon.
Dismissed Automotive Radio 21/08/2019
0259-19 Suzuki Australia Pty Limited
Advertisement for Suzuki with the slogan ‘for fun’s sake’. The ad features a car careering through water and mud, and circling a suburban roundabout. The ad begins by talking about driverless vehicles.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 21/08/2019
0261-19 Sportsbet
Sportsbet advertisement promoting the new iPhone app which features protesters, a scam victim and Todd Carney.
Dismissed Gambling TV - Free to Air 21/08/2019
September 2019
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Media Determination datesort descending
0262-19 Asaleo Care - Libra
This televsion advertisement for Libra features various period-related images and promotes the #bloodnormal campaign.
Dismissed Toiletries TV - Free to Air 02/09/2019
0266-19 Ad Standards
This televsion advertisement shows a pot boiling on a stove, a hand reaches in and lifts the lid. The underside of the lid contains the wording the advertisement contains the wording “Women should be watching the stove, not the tv”. This follows with wording “Terms and kinder conditions apply”, and “visit Ad Standards”.
Dismissed Other TV - Free to Air 02/09/2019
September 2019
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Media Determination datesort descending
0289-19 Roadshow Films
This television advertisement is promoting the upcoming movie IT Chapter Two.
Dismissed Entertainment TV - Free to Air 11/09/2019
0273-19 Sportsbet
The advertisement shows a woman, who has won a pageant (or similar) competition, holding the new SportsBet iPhone app. The women introduces the app and explains why she likes the app, and appears to not know much about the technology. The man acting as the judge or presenter raises his eyebrows as if to suggest the woman isn't intelligent. The voiceover comments that the app is so easy to use even this woman can use it.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Gambling TV - On Demand 11/09/2019

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