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2007
2008
2009
2010
REASON COMPLAINT DID NOT PROCEED TO A CASE (No.) ** continued ...
Overseas complaint
Overseas web site with no Aust connection
Political Advertising
Product or service - food
1
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
0 2 1 2 3 8
1 2 0 0 2 1 1
40 180 307 35 20 15 29
0 4 13 0 5 2 1
Product or service - general 39 98 83 63 67 71 36
Product or service - on radio 4 0 1 0 1 Programming and content 4 16 11 11 17 11 16
Promotion TV and Radio 37 166 161 49 46 32 27
Prohibited Online Content 0 0 0 5 4 2 0
Subliminal advertising 7 8 7 6 4 2 2
Social Issues 0 0 0 0 80 499 78
Tasteless advertising 39 44 45 19 10 16 12
Therapeutic Goods 0 3 8 12 10 12 13
Timing - Cinema 3 1 2 0 0 0 4
Timing - Radio broadcast 4 0 2 0 1 4 0
Timing - TV 23 27 42 19 47 39 36
Tobacco advertising 13 4 2 2 3 1 1
Too many ads 3 3 8 9 4 6 12
Unsolicited mail and products 0 1 0 2 4 5 8
Weight management 4 0 3 12 2 1 0
12 2 5 22 27 29 17
Wicked Campers - need for detailed
information
Wicked Campers - dislike of advertising
2
0 0 0 0 11 4 6
Advertisement Withdrawn/Discontinued before case established 108 36 26 109 67 34 18
TOTAL 620 1181 1280 1078 1197 1600 1322
** Following the launch of new Case Management System in March 2010, statistics relating to complaints not proceeding to a case are provided in greater detail.
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