Indon sympathy 'cold comfort': Shorten

Labor leader Bill Shorten says an offer of sympathy from Indonesia over the deaths of two Bali Nine members is well intentioned but "too little too late".

Labor leader Bill Shorten says Indonesia's sympathy over the Bali Nine executions is "cold comfort". (AAP)

An Indonesian olive branch over the executions of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran is "cold comfort", Bill Shorten says.

The federal opposition leader says an expression of sympathy by Indonesian Ambassador Nadjib Riphat Kesoema, which also stressed the importance of the relationship with Australia, was well intentioned but "too little, too late".

"The words are cold comfort, actually, to the families," Mr Shorten told reporters in Melbourne.