AUSTRALIAN police feel the bilateral hiatus with Indonesia has created hesitation in a once remarkable relationship forged by the Bali bombings, according to a report.
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) interviewed Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Indonesian National Police (POLRI) officers for a special report on the partnership.
The rift between Jakarta and Canberra following last year's spy scandal led Indonesia to suspend police cooperation in some areas, including people smuggling and cybercrime.
Both nations' foreign ministers are set to resume talks this week on a plan to restore bilateral ties - something unlikely to take effect until after Indonesia's presidential elections later this year.
ASPI says the police relationship can't resume as if nothing happened.
Both forces should therefore use this time to think about what they want their cooperation to deliver in the future.
Following the spy revelations, the report says, POLRI officers had to check their communications equipment to ensure it hadn't been compromised by other nations, including Australia.
ASPI believes a close and productive relationship will return, provided there's an effort made to close any trust deficit that has emerged.
"All the AFP and POLRI officers interviewed for this project think the current tension has not damaged (people-to-people relationships)," it says.
"Although some note that the ambiguous situation has made some Indonesian officials hesitant to engage their Australian counterparts."
The report suggests workshops for future AFP and POLRI leaders, and inviting POLRI officers to support the AFP during November's G20 meeting.
In the past, the AFP-POLRI relationship has brought significant benefits to both countries, most notably in terrorism.
After the 2002 Bali bombings, officers lived together, shared information openly, and convicted more than 30 terrorists.
Australia posted its first police liaison officer to Jakarta in 1977. Today there are around 30 AFP officers working in Indonesia.
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