%T Carbon reduction programs and lower income households in Australian cities %A Edgar Liu %A Bruce Judd %A Sarath Mataraarachchi %D 2017 %J Procedia Engineering %K Greenhouse gas mitigation, %K Energy consumption, %K Low-income consumers %P 1541-1550 %R 10.1016/j.proeng.2017.04.316 %U https://apo.org.au/node/233891 %V 180 %X This paper presents preliminary findings of a recent research project on the barriers that lower-income households in four Australian cities – Sydney, Adelaide, Hobart, and Darwin – face in reducing their carbon consumption, and the impact of programs implemented by federal and state governments and support organisations to assist such reductions. %9 Journal article