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The Green Party is criticising the $8 million cost to set up the government's traffic-light system for beneficiaries, which introduced new non-financial sanctions, calling it "smoke and mirrors".

The Greens have drawn attention to the number, after Ministry of Social Development (MSD) bosses revealed, during Scrutiny Week, that just 12 people had received non-financial sanctions in the

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