While Australia has previously backed the special autonomy granted to the Indonesian province of Papua, it is unlikely to raise it during the current visit of Indonesian President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
Australia is expected to re-commit to Indonesia's territorial integrity while Papuan activists say it should be doing more to ensure an end to human rights abuses and the right to self determination.
The head of Asian and International Affairs at the University of Victoria in Melbourne, Dr Richard Chauvel, says territorial integrity for Indonesia remains a key element of Australia's regional security.
Special autonomy was granted to Papua in 2001 but has never become reality.
Canberra has previously supported the plan, but Dr Chauvel says Australia isn't likely to push it this week.
"I think the realpolitiks of it would suggest it is unlikely to go down that road. It would certainly be a significant step forward to make it clear to the Indonesian government, both publicly, and more likely, behind closed doors, that it saw the effective implementation of special autonomy as an important part of the long term peaceful resolution of Indonesia's difficulties in Papua."
