Assistant Infrastructure Minister Jamie Briggs has been speaking with Chris Uhlmann:





"Any time where you're talking about yourself and not about the issues that confront Australia and Australians it takes a lot of emotional energy and it doesn't achieve a whole lot and unfortunately I think just like we saw in the last government if we decide to continue to talk about ourselves we'll end up in the same position as the last government.





"We won't get support at the next election to continue to govern. We need to focus on the challenges that Australia face and they are immense.





"We are at a time when the guarantee of economic prosperity that we've had over the last two decades is not there without hard work and reform.





"Previous governments put their shoulder to the wheel with the support often of the opponents in the Senate to reform and make a stronger Australia.





"We face a much more challenging political circumstance at a time when we've got significant policy pressures coming to bear and it's hard work and I think the reaction of some of my colleagues to those political difficulties is mistaken.





"I appreciate and understand what they are thinking, but I don't think that their outcome that they are seeking is the right direction.



