LABOR frontbencher Craig Emerson says the party's latest leadership tussle has disappointed the Australian public, but he insists the dramas within the ALP are now over. Speaking on Thursday night, the trade minister admitted it had been a tough week for the party. "It has been disappointing for the Australian people," Mr Emerson told ABC television. We've been talking about ourselves and our jobs, and what they expect legitimately is that we talk about them and their jobs. Labor MPs and senators met for a caucus spill motion on Thursday afternoon after party elder Simon Crean sought to end months of talk about a Kevin Rudd comeback. Questions over the leadership were now "at an end" in the wake of the dramatic events, Mr Emerson said. "It is at an end, as it should be, as the Australian people legitimately expect," he said. He rejected suggestions that questions would remain about Ms Gillard's leadership because she wasn't doing a good job. "I do not focus on fortnightly opinion polls," Mr Emerson said. I don't think they have a real bearing on the judgment that the Australian people make. However, he added that some of his parliamentary colleagues "had a different view." Independent senator Nick Xenophon said the result confirmed there would be no change of ALP leader. "I think that those who were wavering towards Kevin Rudd, won't do that any more," he told the ABC. He's cruelled his chances, and some of the ALP members I've spoken to were quite scathing.