Rudd talks down Indon boat deal The PM has hosed down expectations of an imminent deal with Indonesia to fight people smuggling. PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd has hosed down expectations of an imminent deal with Indonesia to fight people smuggling and stem the flow of asylum seeker boats to Australia. Mr Rudd is due to touch down in Jakarta late Thursday and will deliver a speech to business leaders on Friday before heading to Bogor to meet with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. The meeting was about taking the "overall temperature" of the relationship between the two countries, not finalising a deal to combat people smuggling, he told reporters in Canberra. "It will be completely wrong and I think disrespectful to the Indonesian president to create any expectation of any immediate change at all," Mr Rudd said. The two leaders will also discuss trade and Australian live cattle exports, which were halted in 2011 following reports of animal abuse in Indonesian abattoirs. Live exports were later resumed but are yet to be fully restored after Indonesia imposed quotas on Australian cattle. Opposition Leader Tony Abbott continued to pressure Mr Rudd on asylum seeker boat arrivals saying it was the prime minister who as Labor leader in 2007 scrapped the Howard coalition government's measures to turn back the boats. "When you go to Indonesia, you have two tasks: start the cattle boats, stop the people smuggling boats and I fear Mr Rudd will fail at both of them," Mr Abbott said. The opposition leader also questioned Mr Rudd's decision to trigger federal intervention in the NSW branch of the ALP to root out corruption at the state level. The move by the prime minister is seen as a pre-emptive strike to reassure NSW voters Labor is serious about dealing with the entrenched power of the factions and systems of patronage within the state party ahead of the federal election due later this year. "The only way to clean up the Labor party is to give them time out in opposition so they can get their house in order," Mr Abbott said. NSW Labor is under pressure following the airing of allegations of corrupt behaviour by ministers and other members at the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC). NSW Branch secretary Sam Dastyari has been given 30 days to implement a range of new reforms, including the instant expulsion of any member found to be corrupt. Mr Rudd said he had asked other state branches to review their rules and had plans for broader reform of the party but would consult before announcing any new plans. "I'm about the face of modern Labor," Mr Rudd said. Meanwhile, Mr Rudd has again challenged Mr Abbott to a national television debate at the National Press Club in Canberra next week. It's understood Mr Rudd will go ahead with a speech to the club on Thursday if Mr Abbott declines to debate him that day. Mr Abbott said he would happily debate Mr Rudd if he recalled parliament or called the election.