Australia reportedly spied on Indonesian President SBY, his wife and other ministers, document reveals PM Tony Abbott, on his first overseas visit as Prime Minister in October, during a joint media statement with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. PRIME Minister Tony Abbott has declined to comment on reports Australian spies tried to listen to the phone calls of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, his wife and senior ministers. Mr Abbott was responding in question time to a query from Australian Greens MP Adam Bandt. Mr Bandt had asked if the reports were true, if Australia was still doing it and if the prime minister supported it. A top-secret document from US National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden lists the senior Indonesian officials targeted by Australia. The document, dated November 2009, was published by the ABC and has an Australian Department of Defence letterhead. PM Tony Abbott and his wife Margie are welcomed by President Susilo Bambang Yudhyono and Ibu Ani Yudhoyono as they arrive for the APEC Gala Dinner in Bali in October. "My first duty is to protect Australia and too advance our national interest," he said. Earlier, former coalition government foreign minister Alexander Downer said the revelations would be damaging to Australia. Australian Greens senator Scott Ludlam said there needed for full disclosure on what Australian spy agencies were up to. Richard Woolcott, a former Australian ambassador to Indonesia, agreed the latest revelations about spying might ratchet up the reaction from Indonesia. He played down speculation of a possible recall of the Indonesian ambassador. Former intelligence analyst and now Independent MP Andrew Wilkie said it was important that "we all know how our intelligence services operate." "Some capabilities must be kept secret ... but it is in the public interest that a light be shone on the way these agencies do business and how they spend billions of dollars of our money," he told reporters in Canberra. The initial tension between Australia and Indonesia arose a few weeks ago after leaked documents showed Australia had engaged in a US-led intelligence-gathering operation from its embassy in Jakarta.