The Australian, February 19, 2015

Relations with Indonesia have reached boiling point after Tony Abbott demanded Indonesia remember the help Australia gave its northern neighbour after the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami and spare the lives of Bali Nine.members on death row.

Using his strongest language yet, the Prime Minister sent a reminder that Australia gave Jakarta $1 billion in aid after the disaster,while pointing out Australians died in the relief effort.

But Mr Abbott's words have angered Indonesia, with officials warning him against making threats.

"When Indonesia was struck by the Indian Ocean tsunamiAustralia sent a billion dollars worth of assistance,'' he said.

“We sent a significant contingent of our armed forces to help in Indonesia with humanitarian relief and Australians lost their lives in that campaign to help Indonesia.”

MR. Abbott said Australia would beletting its "displeasure" be known should Indonesia push ahead•with the executions. "We will be letting Indonesia knowinabsolutelyuriambiguous tenus that we feel grievously let down, “he said.

Speaking in Jakarta, Indonesian Fore1gn Ministry spokesman Amnanatha Nasir fired back at Mr Abbott. "There's asaying in Indonesia, 'Orang akan terlihat warna sebenarnya', (people will be shown its true colours)," he said.

"So I hope this does not reflect, the statements made, the true colours of Australians. Threats are not part of diplomatic language and, from what I know, no one responds well to threats’

Drug smugglers Audrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran won a brief reprieve from the firing squad on Tuesday when the Indonesian Attorney General intervened to delay their movement to, a jail in Java. Indonesian officials said the

delay was only to give family members of the men more time to spend with their loved ones, and insisted the executions would eventually go ahead. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop

revealed yesterday she had spoken to Chan and Sukumaran by telephone. Ms Bishop said both men expressed relief their executions had been delayed