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February 2006
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
17-06 S C Johnson & Son Pty Ltd
SC Johnson - Baygon - man using outdoor pesticide spray without safety mask or protective clothing - boy's pet spider (CGI) in jar terrified. Mother calls out to get rid of spider - the boy does so by emptying the jar out the window
Dismissed 14/02/2006
February 2008
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17-08 Global One Mobile Entertainment
Global One - Six Russian Babes - SMS SIX to 1994 9999
Dismissed 13/02/2008
April 1998
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17-98 Coca-Cola South Pacific Pty Ltd
Coca-Cola - window cleaner ogles women
Dismissed 14/04/1998
July 2000
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170-01 None
Fireworks King (The) - 'More Bang for your bucks'
Dismissed 10/07/2000
July 2002
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170-02 Meat & Livestock Australia Ltd
Meat & Livestock - deaf child eating lamb cutlet signs "I love eating lamb chops because I can use my hands"
Dismissed 09/07/2002
173-02 Land Rover Australia
Land Rover - Discovery ES & SE - DVD player included as bonus.
Dismissed 09/07/2002
174-02 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota - Rav4 - 4WD goes over cliff then is seen driving up other side by a camel dressed as a stunt driver (a la Evil Canievel).
Dismissed 09/07/2002
175-02 Snack Brands Australia
Snack Brands - CCs Corn Chips - man bites sumo wrestler (outdoor)
Dismissed Outdoor 09/07/2002
July 2004
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170-04 Toyota Motor Corp Aust Ltd
Toyota - Hilux - man joins feminist protest march wearing t-shirt saying "Make my dinner"
Dismissed 13/07/2004
171-04 Vehicle Distributors Australia Pty Ltd
Vehicle Distributors - Renault Megane Hatch - image of bikini bottomed woman "The perfect butt - 3 or 5 door"
Dismissed Outdoor 13/07/2004
172-04 Mitsubishi Motors Aust Ltd
Mitsubishi - Lancer ES - Adam & Eve - naked people wearing fig leaves
Dismissed 13/07/2004
173-04 Sanitarium Health Food Company
Sanitarium - Weetbix - Rugby union players eat 9 Weetbix (RADIO)
Dismissed Radio 13/07/2004
174-04 Sanitarium Health Food Company
Sanitarium - Weetbix - Rugby Union players eat 9 Weetbix (TV)
Dismissed 13/07/2004
175-04 Sydney Cosmetic Clinic
Sydney Cosmetic Clinic - breast implants "Knock 'em out with your intellect. But get their attention first!
Dismissed Print 13/07/2004
178-04 Kosciusko Thredbo Pty Ltd
Kosciusko Thredbo - couple sitting on moving ecalator backwards - aka ski lift at Thredbo
Dismissed 13/07/2004
June 2007
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170-07 Mammoth Storage
Mammoth Storage - "Can't fit it all in?" - woman's bra-covered breasts shown
Dismissed Print 12/06/2007
172-07 Frankies Auto Electrics
Frankies Auto Electrics - car with loud music driving around - rear passenger not wearing seatbelt
Dismissed 12/06/2007
173-07 Yum Restaurants International
Yum - KFC - Hot 'n' Spicy Fillets - basketball - man eating chicken at basketball courts and when asked "What's it like?" one claps his hands to the other's face with a loud thwack
Dismissed 12/06/2007
177-07 Volkswagen Group Australia Pty Limited
Volkswagen - Golf - passenger tells driver car going too slow - driver pulls out to overtake truck and accelerates to pass - the passenger's slushie gets tipped all over him
Dismissed 12/06/2007
May 2008
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170-08 Refine Cosmetic Clinic
Refine Cosmetics Clinic - topless woman advertising breast enlargement
Dismissed 19/05/2008
172-08 Bronzed Brazilian
Bronzed Brazilian - coloured photos of naked men & women
Dismissed Print 19/05/2008
178-08 Advanced Medical Institute
AMI - woman speaking - this ad lasts 30 secs - use it or lose it - wouldn't that be nice
Dismissed Radio 19/05/2008
May 2009
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170-09 Advanced Medical Institute
AMI 170/09 - Radio 2 minute men. women decide they need a new man.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Radio 14/05/2009
175-09 Raptor Electrical
Raptor Electrical 175/09 - (TV)man talking to lady and says "Oh Crap"
Dismissed 14/05/2009
176-09 Raptor Electrical
Raptor Electrical 176/09 (Radio) - opening dialogue says "Oh Crap"
Dismissed Radio 14/05/2009
June 1999
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
170-99 Sanitarium Health Food Company
Sanitarium - Fruity-Bix Bars - young girl saying 'Bye Mum'"
Dismissed 08/06/1999
172-99 DuPont (Aust) Ltd
DuPont Aust Ltd - Luxura Carpet
Dismissed 08/06/1999
June 2003
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171-03 Reckitt Benckiser (Aust) Pty Ltd
Reckitt Benckiser - Pine-o-Cleen - mother disinfects toy to get rid of "girl germs".
Dismissed 10/06/2003
172-03 Kellogg (Aust) Pty Ltd
Kellogg - Nutri Grain - 'No matter how big he grows, he'll always be your baby boy'.
Dismissed 10/06/2003
174-03 Douwe Egberts Australia
Douwe Egberts - Moccona Mocha Duet - two bodies intertwined - one black, one white "It's coffee. It's chocolate"
Dismissed Outdoor 10/06/2003
176-03 Volkswagen Group Australia Pty Limited
Volkswagen - Passat - 'While you are rocketing along in air-conditioned comfort'.
Dismissed Print 10/06/2003
177-03 Buccaneer Pools & Spas
Buccaneer Pools - child jumps into pool and wrestles blow-up crocodile.
Dismissed 10/06/2003
July 1999
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171-99 Gone Troppo Cruises
Gone Troppo Cruises
Dismissed Radio 13/07/1999
July 2001
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172-01 Nintendo Australia Pty Limited
Nintendo - Gameboy - chanting Satanists
Dismissed 10/07/2001
July 2005
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172-05 General Mills Australia Pty Ltd
General Mills - Betty Crocker Cake Mix - young boy is helping to make a cake, once it's baked he takes a piece and says "I like to shove it down my gob"
Dismissed 12/07/2005
173-05 ABC Tissue Products Pty Ltd
ABC Tissues - Quilton toilet paper - "Love your Bum" Cupid shoots arrows at people's backsides
Dismissed 12/07/2005
May 2006
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173a-06 Advanced Medical Institute
AMI - 173a/06 (Jonesy) - complains about being kept up all night by couple next door having loud sex all night
Dismissed Radio 09/05/2006
173b-06 Advanced Medical Institute
AMI - Doodle - 173b/06 - male voice crying out "Not yet…Not yet…" "Once your doodle starts jumping the gun, things are only gonna get worse, bcs your doodle is gonna do what it's gonna do".
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Radio 09/05/2006
173c-06 Advanced Medical Institute
AMI - 173c/06 - premature ejaculation - female voice asks "What triggers PE? Performance anxiety? Over-excitement? Too much to drink? Tiredness?...fear of failure ensures it will happen again and again"
Dismissed Radio 09/05/2006
173d-06 Advanced Medical Institute
AMI - Special Cuddles 173d/06 - "This commercial lasts about 30 seconds, unfortunately so do some of us blokes…putting an end to your special cuddles - it might be worth sticking something up your nose"
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Radio 09/05/2006
174-06 Omega Appliances
Omega Appliances - SMEG BBQ - live rooster depicted with text "Turn your chicken into a masterpiece"
Dismissed Print 09/05/2006
August 2001
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174-01 Nintendo Australia Pty Limited
Nintendo - Super Mario Advance - Airport 'Concourse'
Dismissed 14/08/2001
176-01 S C Johnson & Son Pty Ltd
SC Johnson - Toilet Duck - 5 women discuss cleaning a lavatory
Dismissed 14/08/2001
177-01 IKEA
IKEA - series ridiculing people with disabilities and, specifically, pilot with squint seeing double
Dismissed 14/08/2001
June 2000
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176-00 Nestle Confectionery
Nestle - Kit Kat - Chunky - 'Speed Cop'
Dismissed 13/06/2000
179-00 Mike Carney Toyota
Mike Carney Toyota (Top to Bottom Sale)
Dismissed 13/06/2000
June 2008
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176-08 Nando's Australia Pty Ltd
Nando's - Chicken Farm with panel of judges
Dismissed 11/06/2008
June 2009
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178-09 Drummond Golf
Drummond Golf - man hits golf ball and it hits Easter Bunny
Dismissed 10/06/2009
October 1998
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178-98 Australian Dairy Corporation
Australian Dairy Corporation - Two women at cosmetics counter.
Dismissed 13/10/1998
August 2002
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179-02 McDonald's Aust Ltd
McDonald's - McPlayland Happy Meal
Dismissed 12/08/2002

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