Shorten tells voters to give PM a message

Federal Labor leader Bill Shorten says voters in the Canning by-election have an opportunity to tell Tony Abbott enough is enough.

Federal Labor leader Bill Shorten says the Canning by-election is an opportunity to tell Tony Abbott they've had enough of his "quite extreme" government.

"The results are in and they're not pretty," he told reporters in the West Australian electorate, flanked by the party's candidate Matt Keogh and Perth MP Alannah MacTiernan.

"This is an opportunity in this electorate to put down some markers to Mr Abbott and his Liberals to say enough is enough."