Marriage equality set to take a backseat as religious leaders turn their attack onto the humble lamb cutlet.

All this PC nonsense aside, if you can't laugh at fat kids who can you laugh at? It's not a world we want to live in.

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Let's be honest, baked beans have never had the best reputation, but now they're complicit as an instrument of death.

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Look, this ad starring Pierce Brosnan was crap. But let's not forget his good work in Mrs Doubtfire and Die Another Day.

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Do you enjoy videos of throbbing Germans? Well, enjoy this Audi spot before the wowsers send it to its adland grave.

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Ads aside, when it comes to brain-shattering hangovers bordering on a stroke, tequila just pips rum for number one spot.

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B&T's editor calls this "explorative research on important industry issues" despite it now bordering on downright pervy.

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Cripes, who'd be a highly paid supermodel these days? Now a whole town's decrying the work of the impossibly beautiful.

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Sick of scrawny model stories? Here's another one with Gucci & a lass in desperate need of an 'all-you-can-eat' buffet.

Fashion ad banned for sexualising a model who's 21 because it could titillate men. Disaster waiting to happen, really.

An Irish beer ad's been banned for encouraging beer drinking. Those whacky Irish, they just get whackier, don't they?

Wham bam no thank you ma'am! The ASB has ruled against Ultra Tune's latest ad because sexism is so 2000-and-late.

Fast food advertising just in front of Zika Virus but still behind Ebola and Chris Martin in planet's most hated things.

Guns join prescription drugs, illegal drugs, alcohol & tobacco ads banned on Facebook. Call the 'fun police' we say.

The good word of the Jedi is A-OK for UK cinema goers, however the Lord's Prayer appears a no-no.

Mad Men actress embroiled in hair dye brouhaha after ad deemed to be all a bit shady.

Hashtags have been creeping in local TV ads lately. What do they expect me to do here?

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As juvenile as this plasterer's tagline is, it does sound like the plot to most adult films.

Tab tells on itself as it plays fast and loose with gambling ad rules. Maintains that self-reg works, however.

Google maintains it's simply impossible for it to entirely stop bad people placing & paying for ads using its service.

Honey Birdette's shopping centre antics take heat off the Queensland crew who decided to watch a film barefoot.

Next time your boss berates you about a missed deadline, direct them here. You're welcome.

Spare a thought for BMF staffers ready to proudly tell their families about this Aldi ad over Christmas.

The tradies' chariot - the HiLux - cops watchdog's wrath and not merely for its grossly overcharging owners.

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Watchdog bans Hungry Jacks Whopper ad and not merely because it had enough fat and grease to kill a racehorse.

This is great news for the Australian electorate, terrible news for overworked junior designers within agencies.

Amazon Prime Video in hot water over banned ad. B&T warns that it isn't particularly nice viewing.

Alcohol joins sports betting as the new pariahs of the advertising world. Macca's thankful the heats of it for a change.

Nothing's more divisive than Halloween in Australia, is it? Apart from the YES vote & the merits of mid-strength beer.

B&T is a strong supporter of the vegan lifestyle. The moralising and the constant reminders we're less of a fan of.

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Engaging.io's CEO Michelle O’Keeffe says great leadership's a lot more than inspirational memes & a Tony Robbins' DVD.

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TikTok could soon join Roquefort cheese, ivory tusks and Al-Qaeda on the federal government's banned list.

B&T likes to run banned ad stories as a valuable lesson to all creatives. That and a bit of a laugh and a gawk, really.

Does the esoteric jargon around programmatic still make your head wobble? See this as a neck brace to the confusion.