Melbourne Catholic school’s ban on mullets and dreadlocks criticised by students

Students from Emmanuel College in Melbourne have penned an open letter pushing back against a ban on mullets and dreadlocks. Photograph: Google Maps

A Melbourne Catholic college’s strict ban on mullets, dreadlocks and makeup has sparked fierce backlash from students.

The principal of Emmanuel College in Altona North, in Melbourne’s west, wrote to parents and students last month saying “excessive hairstyles”, including deadlocks and mullets, were not acceptable at the school. The note to parents was first reported by the Herald Sun.