Turnbull won't be in Canning before poll

New PM Malcolm Turnbull says he has lots of work to do so he won't be making a trip to the West Australian seat of Canning before the weekend poll.

Malcolm Turnbull Source: (NITV News)

Malcolm Turnbull won't be making any last-minute dash to Western Australia to campaign for Saturday's by-election in Canning.

The newly installed prime minister says there's a huge amount of work to do putting together his new ministry.

"My expectation is that I will be in Canberra or in Sydney between now and Monday," he told reporters on Wednesday.