Indonesia warns relations with Australia to worsen after spying leak

Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono attends the ASEAN Plus Three Summit in Bandar Seri Begawan, October 10, 2013. REUTERS/Ahim Rani

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia called back its envoy to Australia for consultations on Monday after media reported that Australia's spy agencies had tried to tap mobile phones of top officials, calling the eavesdropping an "unfriendly" act that would damage ties.

The call for the envoy to come home marks a new low in increasingly tetchy relations between the neighbours since Australia's conservative prime minister, Tony Abbott, took office in September.