How did the Ad Standards Board rule on its own ad?

The Ad Standards board recently launched a campaign to promote its services to the Australian public. What it probably didn’t expect was to receive several complaints about it.

It seems some members of the public took umbrage to the spot, which features members of the ASB board, and was variously described as “inappropriate” and “racist” and contravening free speech.

It seems there were a number of complaints about the ad including: 

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