Mike speaks with Sarah Blake, conflict strategist, mediator and social commentator, about why Bluey and political attacks don’t mix. 

Sarah questions when cruelty and division became acceptable political strategies, following One Nation’s use of the beloved Aussie icon in a violent children’s colouring book and its targeting of Senator Jacqui Lambie’s medical condition. 

She argues this goes beyond satire or humour, warning that political hostility can fuel real-world violence, undermine accountability and threaten democracy itself.