ALP candidate Chris Trevor says he's wasting his time as long as Gillard's leadership crisis continues Labor candidate for Flynn, Chris Trevor, says his campaign is being constantly eroded by Gillard's leadership crisis and feels like he's "wasting his time." A QUEENSLAND Labor candidate and former MP in a marginal seat says he will consider quitting the race - and stop ``wasting" his ``time and effort" - if the party's leadership issues are not resolved this week. Chris Trevor lost the seat of Flynn (which takes in Gladstone and Bundaberg) in 2010 after Kevin Rudd was deposed, but was selected this year to recontest it, facing a margin of 3.6 per cent. Mr Trevor, who sought Mr Rudd's blessing before his latest tilt at the seat, fears the leadership speculation and internal tussles have damaged local Queensland campaigns to the point where ``nobody's listening``. He said he would have to ``consider`` his position if the issue was not resolved by the end of this week. ``Why am I wasting my time and effort if I can't get any clean air?`` he said. ``Why? Why would you do it, you've got to question your sanity.`` Mr Trevor said the matter had to be ``done and dusted`` and the manner in which it was resolved was no longer a concern for him. ``What is the point? At the end of the day, it's getting very hard for me because this issue is just clouding all other issues,`` he said. ``I ain't no quitter, but at the end of the day, it's getting very, very frustrating.`` He said he was struggling to engage with voters about anything other than leadership woes and would not have put up his hand if he had foreseen such a ``disheartening`` situation arising. ``I'm wasting my time - I'm wasting my time talking to people at the moment,`` he said, adding ``everything's a possibility`` at this point. He accused the ALP of not allowing any ``clean air to be given to the people of Flynn``, saying the party should not be treating the constant speculation ``like it means nothing``. ``You'd have to question yourself, why should I bother?`` he said. ``If they're not going to bother about us, up here in Flynn, why should we bother about them?`` While a number of backbenchers and senior party figures have publicly spoken about the leadership issue, candidates generally avoid entering the discussion. While Mr Trevor would not outline a definitive cut-off point, he said he would have to start thinking about walking away from the election if an end to the talk was not achieved this week. His departure would leave Labor scrambling to find a replacement - a tough task, given he was seen as the ALP's best hope of retaking Flynn.