October 7, 2007 The Victorian Greens have released a YouTube clip that takes a swipe at Peter Garrett's acquiescence on the Gunns pulp mill. As protests mount across the nation against the polluting mill, the Greens lead Senate candidate in Victoria, Dr Richard Di Natale, said Labor's decision to back the mill is a disgrace. “We had expected better of former environmentalist Peter Garrett, but he's looking more and more like his Liberal counterpart each day,” Dr Di Natale said.

“It's clear that only the Greens are providing the leadership the country needs to oppose projects like this which not only pollute the environment, but rip apart our precious native forests as well.”

The YouTube ad draws parallels between John Travolta and Nicolas Cage in the movie Face/Off.

The two swapped faces in their struggle to outwit each other.

“To beat him, he had to become him,” says the ad, accompanied by a split image of Turnbull and arrett.

View the clip

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