CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Tuesday brushed off a media report that his telephone conversation with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono last month was secretly recorded by a journalist.

The telephone conversation marked an improvement in a diplomatic furor sparked in November when media reported phone-tapping allegations from National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden. The reports said that Australia had listened in on the cell phones of Yudhoyono, his wife and eight Indonesian ministers and officials in 2009.

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