WA Premier Mark McGowan reacts to Perth teenager kicked out of pub because of his mullet

The Perth teen denied entry to a pub has got the WA Premier in stitches, saying “I think you should be free to have a mullet, and go to a pub.”

The saga of a Perth teen who was denied entry to a pub because of his mullet is raging on, with Western Australia Premier Mark McGowan now weighing in on the hairy situation.

Mr McGowan dissolved into laughter as he was asked at a press conference today to comment on 18-year-old Cooper Allin, who was refused entry to a pub in a move that he claims he was “discrimination”.

“I just encourage people with mullets to rise up and rebel against these extreme rules pubs are imposing,” Mr McGowan deadpanned, after first clarifying if he was being asked about the hairstyle “or the fish.”

“I think you should be free to have a mullet, and go to a pub. I don’t think there should be rules around that.”

Mr McGowan added that “some of my best friends have mullets” and encouraged those with the iconic Aussie hairstyle to not let it hold them back.

“I just encourage people with mullets to rise up, and rebel.” WA Premier Mark McGowan’s press conferences are my deadset favourite. I’m in awe. pic.twitter.com/AB62VPzIP7

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“If you’ve got a mullet it shouldn’t preclude you from going out and having a beer in my view,” he said.

“We want all those West Australians with mullets who are great contributing people to get out there and spend money and take holidays with Western Australia, great opportunity.”

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He managed to have one beer before his night took an unexpected turn.

Mr McGowan had a surprising amount to say on the subject, even asking several reporters if they had ever sported mullets and steering the press conference back to the topic.

“You’re moving away from mullets,” Mr McGowan responded when one journalist asked him about border closures.

Earlier today Mr Allin, from Scarborough, said he believes he was discriminated against … because of his haircut.

“I had one drink with my mother and then a couple of friends and I decided to head over to El Grotto,” the frustrated Mr Allin told 7NEWS.

But once he arrived, the bouncer’s disregard for his choice of hairstyle became obvious.

“He said, ‘no mullets allowed’,” Mr Allin recalled.

Allin’s luscious locks landed him in a bit of unexpected trouble.

He’s refusing to get a new haircut.

The teenager was pretty cut about it – but not cut enough to get a haircut.

“To have one beer and get told, ‘No, you can’t come in because of your hair’, was a bit devastating,” he said.

“I reckon it’s a bit silly I mean, it’s a mullet, heaps of people have mullets.”

Allin was wearing thongs and a T-shirt on the fateful night.

Many Aussie pubs have a dress code, though it’s more unusual to have a hairstyle code.

Mr Allin knew there was a possibility of getting kicked out, as he was wearing thongs and a T-shirt – though he never thought his hair would let him down.

“I was more concerned about my pluggers (thongs) but he (the bouncer) wasn’t too fussed about that,” he said.

“I wasn’t there to have a haircut, I was there to sink frothies,” he said in true Aussie fashion.