Dear Beverley, there's an old saying , I'm sure there's a Chinese version of it too "If you want something done, do it yourself"
It'd be a cake walk, surely, getting all "tender nuanced and joyful" with "disabled, queer, poor, gender diverse, dogs of colour and single-parent dog" protaganists ..
Uncomplicated crazy funny storylines just charge out of the tree line at the very thought, especially with a few racial minorities thrown in for good measure.
The creators of this cartoon are either wilfully neglectful or asleep at the wheel.
Storm the barricades on your ABC sinecure Beverley, it's your mission to strive for us all on this one. It's a dammned imperfect world, this is one outrage that needs fixing, and you're just the personage to lead it. Don't let anyone tell you different.