Immigration Minister Scott Morrison says there is no change to the border protection policy. Source: AAP
HIGH level talks are underway in Jakarta between Australian officials and their Indonesian counterparts on strategies to combat asylum seeker boats and people smuggling.
Immigration Minister Scott Morrison said the first team of Australian officials arrived in Jakarta on Friday for bilateral talks.
Indonesia agreed to the meetings during Prime Minister Tony Abbott's visit to Jakarta earlier this week.
Operation Sovereign Borders acting commander Air Marshal Mark Binskin, Australian Federal Police commissioner Tony Negus and retired major general Jim Molan will join another delegation to Jakarta next week.
But Mr Morrison said the federal government would not be briefing the media on the matters discussed.
"Our dialogue, like our operations, will be undertaken with Indonesia with total discretion to ensure the success of that dialogue," he told reporters in Sydney on Friday.
"They will not ... be undertaken through the media."
Mr Morrison will be travelling to Nauru for the first time as minister next week, following five visits whilst in opposition over the past three years.
He plans to deliver a blunt message to asylum seekers that "they will not be coming to Australia".
Mr Morrison met with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) this week about increasing the number of people who voluntarily return home from the facilities on Manus Island and Nauru.
Mr Morrison said the "full arsenal" of the coalition's border security policies remains on the table.
"There is no change to the government's policy on border protection," he said.
"Our resolve...(is) indeed stronger than ever before."
Air Marshal Binskin also gave an update on the latest asylum seeker boat arrivals after the usual Monday briefing was moved forward because of the public holiday on October 7.
He said one asylum seeker boat had arrived this week, on September 30.
It was carrying 79 asylum seekers.
The asylum seekers will later be transported to centres on Nauru or Papua New Guinea's Manus Island.
Air Marshal Binskin said 334 asylum seekers had been transferred to the offshore processing centres since Operation Sovereign Borders commenced on September 18.
In total, 953 people are being detained in Manus and 801 on Nauru.
An additional 43 are in transit.
There are 2263 people at the Christmas Island facility.
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