The Australian prime minister says the Indonesian president Joko Widodo 'understands Australia's position' and is 'carefully considering Indonesia's position' on the death penalty in the case of two Australian drug smugglers. Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran are on death row in Indonesia, with Jakarta under sustained international pressure to reconsider the capital punishment which they and several other foreign prisoners face. Abbott says the fact that the phone conversation with Widodo took place was a 'positive sign'