He had a mullet, no Joshing

The last time we had a budget surplus under Labor, Josh Frydenberg says he had a mullet. Naturally we wanted to see the evidence.

The last time Australia had a budget surplus under Labor, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg had hair.

Imagine how rude you’d have to be to say that!

But hey, settle petal, it’s not ME saying that, it’s the man himself, saying he didn’t just have hair, he had a mullet.

Josh Frydenberg sporting a mullet hairstyle during his tennis playing days

Yes, it was all business in the front, party in the back for the young Josh. Naturally, we wanted to see the evidence.

Josh being a good sport — more on that in a moment — he obliged, with not one, but a trove of pictures of his own good self, circa 1989. Two of them were topless. Nope, not kidding.

Anyway, there was Josh with the world’s only neat and tidy mullet. Probably his mum made him brush it.

But never mind that, we also had shots of Josh when he was a semi-professional tennis player.

Wait, you didn’t know he was a semi-professional tennis player? Let him tell you about it.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, circa 1989.

Josh Frydenberg sporting a mullet hairstyle during his tennis playing days

Now let him tell you again. And again.

There was a fetching shot of a near-naked Josh sleeping with three old bats.

Tennis bats! Racquets.

Josh Frydenberg sporting a mullet hairstyle during his tennis playing days

Which reminds us: you know who else had a mullet, back in the day? Bjorn, as in Borg, as in to be wild!

Anyway, we think it’s ace — groan — that Josh jokes about his hair, which he wears not so much parted, as departed. More than once, he’s claimed not to need it, because he has a perfect head.

Like most of us, probably, he deep down knows that it’s a privilege to be allowed to grow old and a bit daggy.

Not everyone gets to do it.

Josh Frydenberg sporting a mullet hairstyle during his tennis playing days

But enough of all that. Back to parliament, where the gallery was also treated yesterday to Scott Morrison doing a Borat impersonation. The Prime Minister was mocking Labor’s carbon credit plan, saying: “They want carbon credits from Kazakhstan!”

“Very nice!” he added, two thumbs up, in that accent.

We now want to see the shots of Scott in his mankini, also known as the over-the-shoulder boulder holder, for men. Or do we?

Let me mullet over. No, I can’t believe I did that, either.