Sadly, Dave got left in Parliament sitting miserably through Malcolm Turnbull's speech on why he will vote for the CPRS - he is possibly its only friend - so Dad had to go to the drycleaner's himself and show off his ironing skills.

While telling everyone that the drycleaner's power bill will go up ginormously he forgot to mention that the expense was tax deductible and the added expense would be defrayed somewhat leaving the Treasury coffers a little bit less full.

Poor old Dad, also forgot to say that if the drycleaner was finding the added cost too high and impossible to pass on he might just help himself by investing in a more energy efficient bit of equipment, which he can also depreciate through his taxes and, if registered for GST get a GST exemption as well!

That's why a carbon tax/CPRS/ETS is so needed. After all, we know that business will pay megabucks to financial wizards to avoid paying a few cents in tax rather than pay the tax. On that basis, any carbon tax will do - the more businesses directly liable, the faster they will innovate to become carbon neutral!

Once again, Dad only told a bit of the story. Looking forward to seeing Dave in those funny costumes....