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Indon border trespass review complete

A review into how Australian boats breached Indonesian territorial waters has been finalised but it is not clear if it will be made public.

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Customs and Defence chiefs are studying an internal report on how Australian border protection vessels came to breach Indonesian territory, but it is unclear if it will be released publicly.

The internal joint review began in late January, after Australia was forced to apologise to Indonesia for "unintentional" incursions into Indonesian territory as part of Operation Sovereign Borders.

Diplomatic ties were already under pressure after claims Australian intelligence officers tapped the mobile phones of Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, his wife and senior government members.

A spokesman for Defence Minister David Johnston told AAP the report was given to Chief of Defence Force David Hurley and Customs chief executive Michael Pezzullo on Monday.

He said the pair are considering the report but declined to comment on whether it would be publicly released in full or in part.

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Agus Barnas, a spokesman for the Indonesian Ministry for Politics, Law and Security, said he was yet to get any information on the review.

"I do think that some information might not be shared for publication," he told AAP.

He hoped it would lead to a "normalisation" of the relationship between the two countries.

"With that, the review would be a win-win solution that would bring the relationship to be back as it was," he said.


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