Host:
“It might help you the skuttlebutt, the accepted wisdom seems to be that you could be for the, the um, the chop at the end of the next election if indeed the Coalition is still in power, that you’re not on Barnaby Joyce’s nice list, if you like.”
Keith Pitt:
“Uh well, they're decisions for the leader of the day Tom, it’s how it has always been, am I disappointed to be out of cabinet? Of course, I am, as I have said publicly before, but the reality is made that I have a job to do, and I’m doing that job to the best of my ability, I’ve got a significant amount of people across the country that rely on me doing that job well, and that is the 270,000 + individuals directly employed in the resources sector who are doing a wonderful job and I’m here for them.”
Source: Sky News Australia, Nationals 'getting on with' inland rail (Sep 13, 2021) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8U_-OUmMfY
