This time, however, key details of reports have been leaked to the media, and the meeting comes as Australia's offshore policy has been placed under immense domestic and international pressure.
Sadly, what hasn't changed in offshore policy and safety is the politics.
Save for a brief window between 2008 and 2012, when Kevin Rudd dismantled the Pacific Solution, only for it to be reintroduced by Julia Gillard, the two major parties have been locked in step on offshore policy.
In an interview with Guardian Australia Chitralekha Massey, spoke at length about Australia's offshore detention policies.
Australia's offshore processing policies came with a significant monetary cost, as well as a human one, the panel heard.
This week the leading medical journal the Lancet described Australia's offshore detention policies as "scandalously objectionable".
"Unfortunately we have seen protests like this during high-profile visits, as some from within the refugee community try and influence the Australian government's offshore processing policies".
The $44m in additional refugee assistance is dwarfed by Australia's spending on its deterrence and offshore processing policies which costs $3.3bn a year.
Both the Coalition and Labor are obdurately stuck with barbaric offshore detention policies, as though sensible, humane and politically viable alternatives are beyond them.
The high court has questioned Australia's right to "turn back" boats – to send asylum seekers back to the countries they are leaving – raising the prospect of further legal challenges to a key plank of Australia's offshore asylum policies.
