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0108-24 Uber Australia Pty Ltd
This Television advertisement features a mother requesting technological assistance from her son with her phone. The son attempts to help his mum but the pair become frustrated. The son’s friend reserves an Uber ride to avoid the bickering between the pair.
Dismissed Travel TV - Free to Air 01/05/2024
0109-24 Menulog
This pay TV ad features a menulog driver riding his scooter on a football field being chased by security.
Dismissed Food/Beverages TV - Pay 01/05/2024
0110-24 GWM
This advertisement features surfer Sally Fitzgibbons talking about her GWM Tank. It features footage of her driving on the sand.
Dismissed Automotive App 01/05/2024
0111-24 Sony Pictures Releasing
This television advertisement is promoting the film Ghostbusters Frozen Empire. It features a gun that shoots light beams and monsters.
Dismissed Entertainment TV - Free to Air 01/05/2024
0112-24 Great Barrier Reef Foundation
This Facebook advertisement features a picture of a turtle swimming over dead coral, with the wording "Reef Rescue Appeal. Come to her rescue".
Dismissed Community Awareness Internet - Social - Facebook 01/05/2024
0113-24 Accent Group Limited
This television advertisement features a woman driving in a car and using a phone.
Dismissed Sport and Leisure TV - Free to Air 01/05/2024
0114-24 Delhi Rocks
This poster menu features a deal with unlimited Roti.
Upheld - Not Modified or Discontinued Food/Beverages Poster 01/05/2024
0088-24 Bergmann Plastering
This vehicle advertisement features the advertiser logo and the slogan "First we get plastered then we fill your holes".
Upheld - Not Modified or Discontinued Professional Service Commercial Vehicle 17/04/2024
0090-24 Tourism Tasmania
This radio ad features a voice over promoting visiting Tasmania and referencing unpasteurised cheese.
Dismissed Tourist Attractions Radio 17/04/2024
0091-24 Love and Rockets.tv
This billboard advertisement features five women in white crop tops and yellow shorts with the words "Come Play".
Dismissed Sex Industry Billboard 17/04/2024
0092-24 Universal Pictures
There are two versions of this television advertisement promoting the movie Monkey Man.
Dismissed Entertainment TV - Free to Air 17/04/2024
0095-24 Santos
This print ad features the text, "Did you know...The Hunter Gas Pipeline will be located underground, allowing normal agricultural activity to continue within the easement once constructed."
Dismissed Energy/Resources Print 17/04/2024
0096-24 Puntaa Pty Ltd trading as Picklebet
This TikTok advertisement features a short video clip of Roy Orbison performing the song “You Got It”, with text on the screen that says “Coming home to the girlfriend after you’ve been hitting top 4 winners all day”.
Dismissed Gambling Internet - Social - TikTok 17/04/2024
0097-24 The Blind Factory
This radio advertisement features a man talking about the one thing he remembers being a sale, and mentions all the things he forgets such as his brother and whether he is wearing pants.
Dismissed House Goods Services Radio 17/04/2024
0098-24 alc-eze
This vehicle advertisement features the alc-ease logo and the words "ease your hangover".
Dismissed Health Products Commercial Vehicle 17/04/2024
0099-24 Metroll Darwin
This television advertisement features a cartoon of two men walking through a swamp having a conversation with one shooting towards cockatoos.
Upheld - Not Modified or Discontinued Retail TV - Free to Air 17/04/2024
0100-24 ME Bank
This Instagram Reel begins with a man in the kitchen commenting on how if he has time for toast to pop, then he has time for something "more important". He then describes the benefits of the product. The caption includes "move over girl math, this is #goodmath".
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Finance/Investment Internet - Social - Instagram 17/04/2024
0101-24 City Fertility Centre
This radio advertisement features a voice over stating "you're still not pregnant" multiple times.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Health Products Radio 17/04/2024
0102-24 Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
This television advertisement features images of nature with a voice-over describing the threat of drought on the Murray-Darling rivers.
Dismissed Energy/Resources TV - Free to Air 17/04/2024
0103-24 Australian Liquor Marketers
This pay TV advertisement features two men holding long skewers with vegetables on them, asking a Cellarbrations worker for a drink recommendation. The worker recommends a Japanese beer and the men have a sword fight to determine who pays.
Dismissed Alcohol TV - Pay 17/04/2024
0104-24 Australian Liquor Marketers
This television advertisement features two men holding long skewers with vegetables on them, asking a Cellarbrations worker for a drink recommendation. The worker recommends a Japanese beer and the men have a sword fight to determine who pays.
Dismissed Alcohol TV - Free to Air 17/04/2024
0105-24 Universal Pictures
This television advertisement for the film Abigail includes the scenes of: - A hand over a little girls mouth; - The young girl grows fangs and bites someone on the neck; - Man hitting head on the stairs and getting dragged away; - Young girl with blood on her mouth and clothing; and - Young girl strangling a man.
Dismissed Entertainment TV - Free to Air 17/04/2024
0107-24 Uber Australia Pty Ltd
This billboard advertisement features a person who has fallen asleep in the car and the text "Reserve your Uber ride for 4AM. Then set 7 alarms."
Dismissed Travel Billboard 17/04/2024
0032-24 The Climate Study Group
This print advertisement features the headline "The carbon dioxide climate myth".
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Other Print 03/04/2024
0078-24 Our Cow
This email advertisement featured the subject line, "Antibiotic and hormone free meat [steak emoji]".
Upheld - Not Modified or Discontinued Food/Beverages Email 03/04/2024
0079-24 Mondelez Australia
This advertisement depicts a young boy waking up early and sneaking out to try to get a large chocolate egg out of a tree.
Dismissed Food/Beverages TV - Free to Air 03/04/2024
0080-24 Mitsubishi Motors Australia Ltd
This advertisement depicts a vehicle leaving a shipping container and passing by a security station with two employees.
Dismissed Vehicle TV - Free to Air 03/04/2024
0081-24 Sportsbet
This advertisement depicts several people dressed as ninjas inside a bar.
Dismissed Gambling TV - Free to Air 03/04/2024
0082-24 Orchard Piper
This billboard advertisement promoting a real estate development features several images, including one of a woman leaning into a car with be skirt blown up and her sheer underpants visible.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Real Estate Billboard 03/04/2024
0083-24 Maxima
This television advertisement promoting a job assistance service depicts people including an indigenous man, a woman and a person with a disability.
Dismissed Employment TV - Free to Air 03/04/2024
0084-24 GameDay Squad
This advertisement promotes a fantasy football competition and features the statement "turn game day into pay day".
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Gambling TV - Free to Air 03/04/2024
0086-24 Sportsbet
This advertisement depicts several people dressed as ninjas inside a bar.
Dismissed Gambling TV - On Demand 03/04/2024
0087-24 Honey Birdette
This store window advertisement depicts a women in sheer white lingerie. The lingerie style is titled 'Charlotta'.
Upheld - Not Modified or Discontinued Lingerie Store Window 03/04/2024
0056-24 Chatime
This email advertisement contained the "'50% off' 'According to Girl math that is basically free".
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Food/Beverages Email 20/03/2024
0061-24 Honey Birdette
This store window advertisement features a woman wearing a gold chain body piece with rainbow crystals and nipple pasties and features the text, "Solange".
Upheld - Not Modified or Discontinued Lingerie Store Window 20/03/2024
0062-24 Honey Birdette
This store window advertisement features an image of a woman in a rainbow body suit and nipple pasties. The image includes the text "Solange".
Upheld - Not Modified or Discontinued Lingerie Store Window 20/03/2024
0063-24 Honey Birdette
This store window advertisement features a woman in black lace lingerie, sitting on a chair with her head tilted back. The image also features the text, "Madeline Black".
Dismissed Lingerie Store Window 20/03/2024
0064-24 Honey Birdette
This store window advertisement features a woman in a black lace body suit posed with her leg up on a chair. The advertisement features the text, "Madeline black".
Upheld - Not Modified or Discontinued Lingerie Store Window 20/03/2024
0065-24 Cream Shop
This internet advertisement features an image of a pile of silver cream chargers and the text, "Nang Delivery 24/7 Melbourne".
Upheld - Not Modified or Discontinued Other Internet 20/03/2024
0066-24 SA Police
This television advertisement features a driver's head hitting the windscreen during a car accident, as well as showing blood and hair on the windscreen. The advertisement ends with the message, "wouldn't hurt to wear a seatbelt".
Dismissed Community Awareness TV - Free to Air 20/03/2024
0067-24 Domino's Pizza Enterprises Limited
This internet advertisement features a deal with the wording "2 Pizzas plus 2 sides from 18* Order pick up, from $26* order delivery. *Conditions apply".
Dismissed Food/Beverages Internet 20/03/2024
0068-24 Koh
This advertisement depicts a woman speaking to camera and stating that woman do 113% more cleaning at home.
Dismissed House Goods Services TV - Free to Air 20/03/2024
0070-24 George Weston Foods
This television advertisement features Sara Todd (Chef, Author, Mum) cooking and packing a lunch box.
Dismissed Food/Beverages TV - Free to Air 20/03/2024
0071-24 Simply Helping
This television advertisement features a young woman speaking to camera about the services offered. She refers to an older woman as "too old for ladders".
Dismissed Professional Service TV - Free to Air 20/03/2024
0072-24 The Lott
This sponsored segment in an episode of Survivor features the 'Set for Life' logo. The host describes the sponsored prize for the segment as being $5,000 on repeat for a total of $60,000.
Dismissed Gambling TV - Free to Air 20/03/2024
0073-24 Donohues
This advertisement depicts a family on a farm and shows children travelling in a side-by-side utility terrain vehicle.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Clothing TV - Free to Air 20/03/2024
0074-24 eBay Australia & New Zealand
This advertisement depicts a green car raised on one side with a mechanic nearby appearing to be about to go under the vehicle.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Automotive Internet 20/03/2024
0075-24 Telstra Limited
This advertisement depicts an older brother who has forgotten to pick up his younger brother from sports training.
Dismissed Telecommunications TV - Free to Air 20/03/2024
0076-24 Apple Pty Ltd
This advertisement has two versions which both feature people describing a life-threatening situation and how the Apple Watch helped.
Dismissed Information Technology TV - Free to Air 20/03/2024
0077-24 Apple Pty Ltd
This advertisement has two versions which both feature people describing a life-threatening situation and how the Apple Watch helped.
Dismissed Information Technology TV - Pay 20/03/2024
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