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July 9th, 2012 
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A north coast politician is set to join a picket line to protest against a decision made by his own government.
The Nationals’ member for Clarence met with the Premier Barry O’Farrell today to discuss plans to downsize the Grafton jail.
Chris Gulaptis says he got no assurance that plans to cut more than a hundred jobs would be overturned.
He says ongoing protest action outside the Grafton jail is all that’s stopping the transfer of inmates to other jails.
“It’s only on hold while the picket is in place and I would urge people to maintain the picket line,” Mr Gulaptis said.
“I will be on the picket line again tomorrow, and through the course of the week, to ensure that we maintain that line until we’ve got a hearing from the government.
“I would much rather have lunch alone in parliament, than lunch alone in my electorate and that’s the fact of the matter.
“I joined the National Party because I believed that the Nationals stand for regional New South Wales.
“Well this is it, this is it for regional NSW and that’s exactly what I’m doing,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Premier isn’t holding out much hope that the decision will be overturned.
Barry O’Farrell has told the Macquarie radio network he understands the concerns about the impact of the job losses on the community.
But he says the cost of running the jail is a difficult issue.
“The cost of maintaining a prisoner at Grafton is, in some cases, double the cost of doing it at another regional facility,” Mr O’Farrell said.
“Partly I suppose it’s the age of the facility… part of it is an old facility, part of it is a new facility.”
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