Tony Abbott says he'll stop the boats, as Julia Gillard prepares for Indonesia trip Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says whe will stop the flow of asylum seeker boats if he wins the September election. TONY Abbott has reiterated his commitment to stopping the boats and says he will "make a difference from day one" despite attacks from Julia Gillard that his rhetoric has softened. As the Prime Minister confirmed she will travel to Indonesia next month for talks with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Mr Abbott said it was too little, too late. "She really has left it a long, long time to tackle the boats problem," he said. I think it is another indication of a lack of judgement on the Prime Minister's part that she has left it three years to have this kind of a visit to Indonesia. Mr Abbott said it should be a commitment of any incoming Australian government to make a trip to Jakarta a top priority. He said he would, pending any other international conference, his first overseas trip would be to Indonesia. Mr Abbott said the Coalition was committed to turning around the boats and stemming the flow of asylum-seeker. "We will stop the boats and we will make a difference from day one," he said. Yesterday in Parliamentary Question Time Julia Gillard accused Tony Abbott of wavering in his commitment to stop asylum-seeker boats. The PM will also visit a fishing town where many asylum seekers set sail from. Ms Gillard will meet the Indonesian President on July 5, a date set previously by Indonesia for the annual leaders meeting between the pair. Trade Minister Craig Emerson insists talks between the PM and Indonesian president will be productive, even though both leaders are at the tail end of their leadership. Dr Emerson said the talks have been long planned and will include issues other than asylum seekers, such as the live cattle trade. ``This is actually the third meeting at leaders level," he told reporters in Canberra today when asked why the talks were being left to late in the government's term of office. ``The time is actually set by the Indonesian authorities. Dr Emerson also defended the timing of the talks, given President Yudhoyono is retiring in 2014. ``You always want to have meetings with the top leadership of any country," he said. spokesman Scott Morrison says he is surprised it has taken Ms Gillard so long to have the talks. ``A meeting is one thing, outcomes are another," he told reporters in Canberra, adding the Coalition would welcome any announcement of more Australian support for Indonesia to tackle the problem of people smuggling or a turn-back policy. Australian Greens leader Christine Milne called on Ms Gillard to use the trip to announce an increase in Australia's humanitarian refugee intake. ``Australia has not increased the humanitarian intake from Indonesia and that's clearly what we need to be doing," she told reporters. She said the trip was ``a last-ditch attempt" to stem the number of people coming to Australia by boat from Indonesia. Nationals senator Barnaby Joyce believes Ms Gillard will be travelling to Jakarta ``as a tourist. But Immigration Minister Brendan O'Connor rejected suggestions the meeting between the two leaders was coming too late. ``This is a scheduled visit with a very important neighbour to talk about a whole range of issues," he told Sky News. The minister cautioned against anyone expecting ``overnight miracles" on the question of asylum seekers, saying Australia and Indonesia were key players in the Bali regional framework. The announcement came after she faced questioning in Parliament of when she would travel to Indonesia and on a day when the government announced two more boats had arrived, carrying almost 150 people.