today government ministers were forced to pled their support for gillard following record-low numbers. the prime minister spoke to sky news reporter david spears earlier today. >> can you understand the concern of your colleagues here? under your leadership the stocks have plunged. the cabinet remains deeply unpopular and the policies are virtually in tatters. those are areas you vowed to fix. >> i'll keep working on all of the issues, but they're realizing my country's view for the future. it's raised a lot of concern in the community, but it's about clean energy jobs, it's about doing the right thing by our environment, also we get the clean energy jobs of the future. i'm not letting this country get behind as other countries seize those jobs. yes, we had a very disappointing high court decision. now we will respond to that decision so that we are protecting australia and its borders and working our way through the ref ju agy and seek asylum as we need. >> has anyone approached you about stepping down? >> no. >> the talk can't be ignored. do you think he would be a better option for