Another, eschewing the media entirely, flagged more direct proposals such as pressuring politicians to visit offshore centres themselves and speak face-to-face with the people they're detaining, or using virtual reality to give regular people an idea of what life on Nauru and Manus is like.
In a statement the industry body said: "During a constructive discussion both parties expressed their support for the existing memorandum of understanding regarding trade union access to offshore installations through the inter union offshore oil committee (IUOOC) procedure which allows trade union officials to visit the offshore workforce.
In a example of the timing that has gob smacked the McCain campaign, the Times Picayune's nola.com reports that McCain had been planning to visit an offshore rig on this New Orleans junket.
A correspondence clause must be included in the contract, making for the outsourcer to visit the Offshore Outsourcing vendors place every now and then, to monitor the progress of work.
For my Green column this week, I visited Gunfleet Sands, an offshore wind farm off the coast of Britain northeast of London.
The UNHCR conducts regular monitoring visits to offshore detention sites, including seven visits to Nauru since it was re-opened in 2012.
Six members of Danish parliament are set to visit Australia's offshore detention camp at Nauru, following the publication of thousands of reports revealing cases of abuse and assault taking place there.
Michael Bochenek, senior counsel for Human Rights Watch, also visited Nauru, one of two offshore Pacific sites where Australia sends migrants who try to reach its shores by sea, and the groups issued a joint report on Tuesday about their findings.
Its safety inspections usually consist of helicopter visits to offshore rigs to sift through company reports of self-administered tests.
The UNHCR conducts regular inspection visits of offshore detention camps and provides reports of those inspections to government.
