Tony Abbott has repeated his call for the Government to provide "modest" compensation to victims of the Bali bombings in the lead up to the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attack.

The Opposition Leader, who plans to attend the memorial service in Bali next month, says he again spoke with the Prime Minister about the idea in recent days.

"I don't want to put words into the Prime Minister's mouth, but essentially she said she'd have another look at it, and I do hope she has another look at it," Mr Abbott told reporters in Canberra.

"No-one would be happier than I would be, and no-one would heap more praise on the Prime Minister if she was to stand up in the Parliament today and say, 'look, I've had a think about this and we are going to do something to mark the 10th anniversary of the Bali atrocity'."

Julia Gillard says the Government has already provided support to those affected by the terrorist attack, but told Question Time that she was prepared to look at what more could be done.

"I am open to considering unmet needs for any of those individuals, and if the Leader of the Opposition wants to bring some material to me... or to have me speak directly to family members involved, then I'm open to doing that," she said.

Mr Abbott estimates the cost of the plan would be about $30 million if victims were given ex-gratia payments of up to $75,000.

He was flanked at his press conference by two survivors of the Bali bombings.

Peter Hughes, who was badly injured in the blast, says it has been a "tough time" for those who survived the attack and the families of those who did not.

"In terms of compensation, it's not always about the money," he said.

"But in the last 10 years, I've watched 20-year-olds that have turned 30 that are still in a bad way. They need your support."

'Offensive'

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Labor did not initially respond to Mr Abbott's suggestion, instead it focused on the fact that he held the press conference in the Bali Memorial Garden at Parliament House.

"[To] use the Bali memorial facilities to actually conduct a political press conference on a range of everything else - from the carbon tax to his problems with (Liberal senator) Mr Bernardi - I think is quite inappropriate," Attorney-General Nicola Roxon said.

She suggested Mr Abbott should have moved to a different location before taking questions on issues unrelated to the Bali bombings.

Liberal frontbencher Joe Hockey fired back on Twitter, describing Ms Roxon's press conference as "hugely offensive".

Shortly afterwards, deputy Liberal leader Julie Bishop held a press conference to condemn Ms Roxon's comments.

"Enough is enough," Ms Bishop told reporters. "Nicola Roxon has stepped over the line, she has gone too far.

"This is part of Labor's orchestrated campaign to smear Tony Abbott's name and his reputation, and the Coalition has had enough."

Ms Bishop has accused "male strategists" within the Labor Party of "trotting out" senior female Labor MPs to attack the Opposition Leader.

Mr Abbott's website contains a petition which calls on the Government to provide retrospective compensation to all Australian victims of overseas terrorism since September 10, 2001.