New Australia PM seeks to ease refugee tensions in Indonesia On his first overseas trip since taking office, Australia's new Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Monday sought to present a united front on the thorny issue of asylum-seekers with Abbott insisting that his country has "total respect" for Indonesia's sovereignty despite his tough refugee policies, which include towing asylum-seekers' boats back to Indonesia. Images and soundbites