The war of words between the Prime Minister and Victorian Premier over Melbourne's East West Link project continues, with Daniel Andrews saying he will not be "pushed around" by Tony Abbott.

Mr Abbott is in Victoria today, a day after he sent a strongly-worded letter to the Premier urging him not to abandon the project or introduce legislation to cancel the contract to build it.

Mr Andrews maintained the contracts were invalid and today said he would not be bullied into breaking an election promise.

"Victorians voted against it," he said.

"I'm not taking lecturers from Tony Abbott on breaking promises, although he's probably expert to provide me with that advice.

"I would simply say to Mr Abbott: you were right when you said the election was a referendum on the East West Link, let's now get on with working together to deliver on the things that Victorians have voted for.

"That would be leadership.

"I'm more than happy to work with you but ... I will never work for you and I will not be pushed around by you."

There had been speculation about whether the pair would meet to discuss the issue, but Mr Andrews said a previous request for a meeting was met with silence.

"At the end of the conversation I said look it would be great to catch up quite soon, we should sit down and talk about these issues, there's a lot to talk about," he said.

"And at the end of the phone there was silence. I thought he's actually hung up at one point but it was absolute silence."

But Mr Abbott said he would be happy to meet with the Premier face to face.

"I'm always happy to meet with the Premier, but at the moment, I have a very clear message for the Premier: don't tear up this contract."

"That's the last thing that people want to associate with our country, that new governments will go to the Parliament and literally abrogate people's rights because that's what it seems the Victorian Government is now set upon doing," he said.

The Prime Minister also stood by his comments in the letter.

"I am deeply concerned. This really is unprecedented," he said.

"This raises sovereign risk issues not just for the state of Victoria but for our country more generally.

"Even at this late stage, I call on the Victorian Government to think again, think again before it doesn't just cancel a vital project for Victoria, doesn't just stop a project that will create 7,000 jobs directly and tens of thousands of jobs indirectly, but will put Victoria's reputation as a safe place to do business and invest at serious risk.