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E.g., 10/08/2022
E.g., 10/08/2022
November 2020
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Media Determination datesort ascending
0339-20 Amazon Prime Video
There are two versions of this digital billboard advertisement promoting the movie Borat Subsequent Movie Film.
Dismissed Entertainment Billboard - Digital 11/11/2020
0340-20 Honey Birdette
This Facebook advertisement features of a woman's crotch in black bikini. She is holding a dripping icy pole in front of her crotch. The word "WET" is superimposed across the image. The caption to the advertisement reads, 'ready to get wet? Coming soon'.
Upheld - Not Modified or Discontinued Lingerie Internet - Social - Facebook 11/11/2020
October 2020
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Media Determination datesort ascending
0299-20 Ben & Jerry’s Chatswood
This voucher features the words, "This certifies that ______ is an A-MOO-ZING ACHIEVER. Well done! For your a-moo-zing achievement go to Ben and Jerry's Chatswood Scoop Shop to get a FREE scoop in a choc dipped cone." The voucher includes a picture of an ice-cream and a cow.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Food/Bev Venue Promotional Material 21/10/2020
0314-20 Chemist Warehouse
This billboard advertisement depicts two women sitting on the boot of a convertible car with their feet on the rear seat. A man is in the driver's seat. Text states "Hayfever relief. Treat + prevent".
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Health Products Billboard - Digital 21/10/2020
0295-20 Grill'd
The front of this voucher features the words "you did awesome" and features an illustration of three cows on a podium. The first cow holds a burger, the second is on a surfboard and the third is holding a basketball.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Food/Bev Venue Promotional Material 21/10/2020
0306-20 Portable Fridge Solutions
This radio advertisement includes the voiceover "A camping fridge from Portable Fridge Solutions could provide some liquid Zen to chill you right the (beep) out."
Dismissed Hardware/Machinery Radio 21/10/2020
0307-20 Athena
This radio advertisement has two verisons which both feature a customer speaking to a person in a call centre about home loans.
Dismissed Finance/Investment Radio 21/10/2020
0308-20 Auto Masters
This radio advertisement had three versions featuring a little girl on skates.
Dismissed Automotive Radio 21/10/2020
0309-20 Chubby Buns Burgers
This advertisement is the company logo displayed outdoors and features an animated image of a woman sitting, shown from behind as she turns towards the viewer holding a burger.
Dismissed Food/Bev Venue Outdoor 21/10/2020
0310-20 Brooks Hire
This radio advertisement features the voiceover :Old mate told me I’d have an excavator on site first thing in the morning. Old mate lied. So, I called Brooks Hire. Brooks Hire has the biggest range of heavy earthmoving equipment around, and they’re reliable. From diggers to dump trucks and everything in between, Brooks Hire won’t let you down.Don’t rely on old mate. Call Brooks Hire on 1300 BROOKS or get an online quote at brooks hire .com .au.
Dismissed Hardware/Machinery Radio 21/10/2020
0317-20 Gambier Tile Centre
This radio advertisement features a reference to a "renovation guru".
Dismissed House Goods Services Radio 21/10/2020
0318-20 Nestlé
This television advertisement shows a couple sitting on the steps of a beach house drinking coffee. They watch an older man run towards the water with a skim board, trip, somersault and the land on the board in the water.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 21/10/2020
0319-20 Ferrero Australia Pty Ltd
This television advertisement features a boy and girl sitting together. The girl is wearing a fairy costume and the boy is wearing dinosaur pyjamas. They open Kinder Surprises. The girl opens a pink egg to find a fairy. The boy opens a blue egg to find a dinosaur.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 21/10/2020
0320-20 A City Free From Porn Toowoomba
This billboard advertisement features the text "Porn promotes violence against women" with an image of a fist. Text at the bottom of the advertisement states "A city free from porn".
Dismissed Sex Industry Billboard 21/10/2020
0311-20 Honey Birdette
This poster advertisement has two versions, both featuring a woman in leopard print lingerie surrounded by others. The advertisement has a Halloween theme.
Dismissed Lingerie Poster 21/10/2020
0312-20 Honey Birdette
This poster advertisement features an imagine of a woman from the nose down. She is wearing a leopard print bra, garter belt and underpants. She is also wearing a choker collar with a chain connected from it to a cuff on her wrist. Text on screen states "Kukuro".
Dismissed Lingerie Poster 21/10/2020
0313-20 Honey Birdette
This poster advertisement has two versions, both featuring the same woman in a bra, garter belt, stockings and underpants. The lingerie style is titled "Amelie".
Dismissed Lingerie Poster 21/10/2020
0315-20 Cosmetique
This transport advertisement features an image of a woman in a pink bikini top. Text covering her face states "Breast augmentation from $5999 all inclusive!". Text covering her torso states "Put your job seeker to bigger use".
Dismissed Health Products Transport 21/10/2020
October 2020
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Media Determination datesort ascending
0278-20 Wildlife Studios
This advertisement is for a sniper game and shows a zoomed-out scene with a criminal holding a civilian hostage at gun point, with a non-descript cityscape background and police officers at the scene.
Dismissed Entertainment Internet 07/10/2020
0282-20 Scaffwise
This radio advertisement features the sound of a truck reversing and a man stating, "Ah the scaffoldings here. Only four hours bloody late." He then cries out in pain, "Ah my foot. Ah Christ. If only their service was as solid as their scaff."
Dismissed Other Radio 07/10/2020
0286-20 Honey Birdette
This poster advertisement depicts two women wearing black lace bodysuits sitting on/pressed up against a man in a blue valet uniform.
Dismissed Lingerie Poster 07/10/2020
0288-20 Chemist Warehouse
This television advertisement for Optifast features various scenes of a woman interspersed with a spokesman
Dismissed Slimming TV - Free to Air 07/10/2020
0289-20 Global Shop Direct
This television advertisement is for a product called Cup Call. The advertisement features various scenes of people using the product.
Dismissed Automotive TV - Free to Air 07/10/2020
0290-20 GVC Australia Pty Ltd
2This television advertisement shows three men discussing their choices for an upcoming race.
Dismissed Gambling TV - Free to Air 07/10/2020
0291-20 Fiat Chrysler Australia Pty Ltd
This television advertisement opens on an aerial shot of a remote petrol station in Australia. Two men stand out front of a petrol station discussing the new Jeep that has stopped at the petrol station. One man comments "What's a car like that doing in a place like this?".
Dismissed Automotive TV - Free to Air 07/10/2020
0292-20 Frucor Suntory Australia Pty Limited
This YouTube advertisement features a young man standing in a pink fantasy landscape, the words 'THE PROCRASTINATION PLACE' are in the sky. An anthropomorphised pickle in a chefs hat tells the man, "you've been procrastinating with lots of food porn, and regular porn."
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries Internet - Social - Other 07/10/2020
0293-20 Amazon Prime Video
The television advertisement contains several short scenes from the series The Boys.
Dismissed Entertainment TV - Free to Air 07/10/2020
0296-20 ALDI Australia
This TV On Demand advertisement begins with a a father and son standing on the edge of a cliff looking across a valley. The father nudges his son and they look up to the sky. The father points to what at first appears to be a large flock of birds flying towards them. It very quickly becomes apparent that the flock is not birds, but bunches of "flying bananas". The son tosses what appears to be a stone into the air and one of the bunches of bananas drops.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - On Demand 07/10/2020
0297-20 ALDI Australia
This television advertisement begins with a a father and son standing on the edge of a cliff looking across a valley. The father nudges his son and they look up to the sky. The father points to what at first appears to be a large flock of birds flying towards them. It very quickly becomes apparent that the flock is not birds, but bunches of "flying bananas". The son tosses what appears to be a stone into the air and one of the bunches of bananas drops.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 07/10/2020
0304-20 Lactalis Australia
This television advertisement features a reference to "fresh, natural Zymil".
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 07/10/2020
0305-20 eBay Australia & New Zealand
This television advertisement features a man and woman in a warehouse. They look at a delivery of protein powder and the man references working out. The woman makes a comment about him eating pies.
Dismissed Retail TV - Free to Air 07/10/2020
0298-20 Modibodi
This TV-on-Demand advertisement features a promotion for new period underwear.
Dismissed Health Products TV - On Demand 07/10/2020
0300-20 Modibodi
This Pay-TV advertisement features a promotion for new period underwear.
Dismissed Health Products TV - Pay 07/10/2020
0301-20 Bang Hero
This in-app advertisement featured an animated video which begins with four women in bikini's standing on scaffolding on a rooftop. A boulder roles down and hits the scaffolding, causing TNT to explode. The women are seen flying through the air.
Upheld - Not Modified or Discontinued Entertainment App 07/10/2020
0303-20 Alice Mechanical Solutions
This radio advertisement is features a man unsuccessfully trying to start his car.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Automotive Radio 07/10/2020
0294-20 Domino's Pizza Enterprises Ltd
This voucher features a black background with balls, the heading 'Hot shot sports award' on the image of a prize ribbon and states that the child has won 'One free large traditional pizza'.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Food/Bev Venue Promotional Material 07/10/2020
September 2020
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Media Determination datesort ascending
0268-20 eBay Australia & New Zealand
There are three versions of this television advertisement which feature employees of eBay discussing customer orders and the processing of customer orders.
Dismissed Retail TV - Free to Air 23/09/2020
0271-20 Yoins
This internet advertisement depicts an image of a woman wearing a red and black babydoll lingerie set. The image does not show the woman's face.
Dismissed Lingerie Internet - Social - Other 23/09/2020
0272-20 Victorian Department of Health and Human Services
This television advertisement depicts actor Shane Jacobson working on a car wearing a mask. He speak to camera saying: "You know, when I was a little tacker, they used to have an ad campaign for condoms, and they had a slogan which was, "If it;s not on, it's not on." Now, thank goodness my parents didn't follow that advice or I wouldn't be here today. But you know what, I am here today and I'd like to stay here. So I'm bringing the slogan back-if it's not on, it's not on. So whack one of your face.
Dismissed Community Awareness TV - Free to Air 23/09/2020
0273-20 Bergamet
This television advertisement is for the product Bergamale Natural performance Plus and begins with a scene showing a man and woman in a bedroom in dressing gowns, and then shows various other couple during thr advertisement.
Dismissed Sex Industry TV - Free to Air 23/09/2020
0274-20 Bayer Australia
This YouTube advertisement features a father changing his baby’s nappy on a change table and applying nappy rash cream to baby's bottom. A voice over explains features of Bepanthen Nappy Rash Ointment and how the product works to protect baby's skin. The mother walks into the room and is very happy to see the father taking care of the baby. The final shot is of the product Bepanthen Nappy Rash Ointment.
Dismissed Other Internet - Social - Other 23/09/2020
0275-20 Chemist Warehouse
This television advertisement features a woman looking at perfume in a store. A male sales assistant approaches her to advise of price.
Dismissed Toiletries TV - Free to Air 23/09/2020
0276-20 Ford Australia
This television advertisement for a Ford Ranger features a man with his vehicle stuck in a body of water, watching a Ford drive through the water easily.
Dismissed Automotive TV - Free to Air 23/09/2020
0277-20 Baiada Poultry
This advertisement broadcast on Spotify makes reference to Steggles turkey meat being a superfood. There are 4x 60 second versions and 4x 30 second versions.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries App 23/09/2020
0279-20 Amnesty International
This Pay TV advertisement references a woman who miscarried a child and was arrested for murder.
Dismissed Community Awareness TV - Pay 23/09/2020
0280-20 George Western Foods
This television advertisement features a family in a kitchen making lunch using the advertised product. When the voiceover references the calorie count of the product the scene shows a teenage girl biting into her lunch.
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 23/09/2020
0281-20 World Cue Sports
This website advertisement features five images: 1. A woman in white lingerie holding a pool cue. 2. A woman shown from behind in a grey tank top and jeans leaning over a pool table. 3. A black and white image of a woman sitting and holding pool balls in a cave-like setting. 4. A woman in a white bra using a chalk cube on the end of a pool cue. 5. A woman shown from the side in a white mesh top and jeans leaning over a pool table.
Upheld - Not Modified or Discontinued Retail Internet 23/09/2020
0285-20 Honey Birdette
This poster advertisement depicts a woman wearing black hot pants with sheer black top and pasties covering nipples. The product name is Fonda.
Upheld - Not Modified or Discontinued Lingerie Poster 23/09/2020
0287-20 Woolworths Supermarkets
This television advertisement is promoting Woolworths. The advertisement includes the super: "Proudly committed to an Australian First Fresh Sourcing Policy. Woolworths.com.au"
Dismissed Food/Bev Groceries TV - Free to Air 23/09/2020
September 2020
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Category Media Determination datesort ascending
0253-20 Harrigan Motor Group
This television advertisement depicts a man dressed in female clothing (a pink skirt suit and red hair wig) shopping for a vehicle. The car salesman repeatedly suggests that she may be interested in a Ranger and she dismisses him several times, however eventually drives away in a Ranger.
Dismissed Automotive TV - Free to Air 09/09/2020

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