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Itâs Saturday morning when the much-anticipated call comes. I pick up the phone to hear the unhurried and unmistakably Australian tones
of Joe Brumm, creator and writer of
Bluey, the hit ABC TV kidsâ cartoon about a blue heeler family living in Brisbane. Then my heart sinks as it becomes clear this is the worst time to speak to the man who, according to experts, is producing some of the best parental role-modelling Australian TV audiences have ever seen.
My children have turned into wild things. Approximately five seconds into the call, my then six-year-old arrives with news of her then two-year-old sister. âSheâs knocked over her house, destroyed all the pencils, ruined the coffee table and drawn on her back!â