Foreign Minister Julie Bishop hasn't ruled out cutting Australian aid to Indonesia in protest over the executions of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran.
Australia gives Indonesia about $600 million in aid annually, and is its second largest international benefactor behind Japan.
Asked if Australia would respond to the executions by reducing the aid budget, Ms Bishop said it was under different consideration to diplomatic actions such as recalling the ambassador.
"Any announcement to the aid budget will be made at budget time in early May," she told reporters in Canberra.
Any cut to Indonesian aid is likely to have strong political support in Australia.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is understood to have received more than 1000 communications from members of the public calling for aid to be reduced.
Some Australian aid agencies who receive money from DFAT expect Indonesia and African countries to be targeted in upcoming cuts.
Australian Greens leader Christine Milne says redirecting aid from Indonesia isn't an appropriate response.
"You have to draw a distinction between ordinary people suffering and the role of their government," she told reporters in Hobart.
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