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Widening the safety net

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A growing body of research has sought to provide a better understanding of the determinants of energy poverty and how best to assist vulnerable groups that are at greatest risk of being energy poor. A new study examines how policy reform away from fixed and age-based support helps address energy poverty in Australia.

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  1. RMIT University, School of Economics, Finance & Marketing, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Sefa Awaworyi Churchill

  2. Monash University, Department of Economics, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

    Russell Smyth

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Awaworyi Churchill, S., Smyth, R. Widening the safety net. Nat Energy 6, 856–857 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-021-00891-w

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