PM could reverse cuts to smuggler police THE number of Australian Federal Police officers based in Indonesia to help local authorities deal with people smugglers may be boosted again as the Gillard government comes under pressure over budget cuts that reduced the team from five officers to three. During question time in federal parliament yesterday, West Australian Liberal MP Michael Keenan reminded Julia Gillard that in a major speech to the Lowy Institute before the last election, she praised the AFP for working with Australia's neighbours to prevent "foreign nationals coming to our shores illegally."