Joanne Nova: Energy prices now the biggest single concern of business in Australia

It was always going to happen, as long as the Minister for Weather was determined to control Pacific Decadal Oscillations with windmills. Everyone would be happy-happy until the bill arrived.

In a survey of 500 Australian companies, the rapid rise of energy costs is now the single biggest concern. Any given business was three times as likely to worry about the price of energy rather than about Trump’s tariffs.