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Energy poverty is prevalent in Australia, and many other countries across the globe, with those people who receive an aged pension or are considered to have a low-income having a higher likelihood of being impacted (Nance, 2013). With an ageing national demographic and rising economic inequality it is expected that energy poverty will continue to grow and impact the lives of many Australians. Over the past two decades the Australian governments, at National and State levels, have sought to understand the cost effectiveness of various policy options to improve energy efficiency within various sectors including residential buildings. In seeking to improve energy efficiency, various policies and programs have been initiated including the requirement for the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) to produce electricity consumption benchmarks, which are published on the Energy Made Easy website and provided to energy retailers for publishing on electricity bills of residential customers (AEMC, 2

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