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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Simon McCarthy

Mullet Nation: how a hairstyle inspires rebellion

Scenes from Mulletfest 2022 at Erlington. Picture by Simone De Peak

There's something elusive in the dust and tyre smoke - something fleeting but vital, tangled in the roots and seeping up through the layers of happy riot and kitsch.

Peter Saggus stands with his back turned to the camera, tosses his mane of silvery hair that feathers out about the middle of his shoulder blades, and raises his fist in a kind of cheerful, general defiance.

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