The minister for defence industry Steve Ciobo has refused to say whether the government is better off under Scott Morrison, as the prime minister prepares for a blitz of key marginal seats in Queensland.
Mr Ciobo, who voted for fellow Queenslander Peter Dutton in August's leadership spill, says voters in his home state don't care about the dumping of Malcolm Turnbull.
"I'm not going to get into the history of what happened there. I don't think it serves anyone's purpose," he told Sky News on Sunday.
"I also don't think, frankly, that Queenslanders or indeed Australians more generally care about what's happened."
The defence industry minister said people recognised the change of prime ministers, but believed the government had moved on.
"I understand that there is a fascination to keep revisiting and raking over the coals of past events," Mr Ciobo said.
"What I'm saying very clearly though is that's not my focus - I'm not stuck in the past - what I'm looking forward to is the future."
Mr Morrison will tour key marginal seats throughout Queensland this week. On Sunday, he announced a multi-million dollar pipeline to secure Townsville's water supply.
Veterans' Affairs Minister Darren Chester has also cautioned against focusing on festering leadership frictions within the coalition, less than six months out from a federal election
"We can't spend the rest of this parliamentary term looking in the rear-view mirror," he told the ABC.
"The Australian people send us to Canberra to fight for them, not fight amongst ourselves."
Nationals Leader Michael McCormack has faced separate questions about his leadership of the Nationals.
Barnaby Joyce has indicated he would like the leadership back, after several National Party MPs raised concerns about their leader's capacity to stand up to the Liberals.
However, Mr Chester insists Mr McCormack has the support of the Nationals party room.
"There is no vacancy... we've all got to get on with our jobs," he said.
