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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Simon McCarthy

Mulletfest returns to crown the most majestic mullet of 2023

Australian comedian Chris Franklin and Mulletfest founder Laura Johnson are ready for Mulletfest to return to its spiritual home on Saturday, December 2. Picture by Jonathan Carroll

Alistair Bush has sworn that if he wins Mulletfest today, he will burn his mullet and deliver the ashes back to Australia as a fitting tribute to make up for the 1882 Ashes cricket series.

The UK-based army doctor has never quite got over us thumping the Poms in the series that began the Ashes tradition. Even winning the Mulletfest heat on Kurri Kurri earlier this year hasn't quite salved that wound, but taking out its title - arguably as prestigious and no less central to the Australian culture as the cricket - might help.

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