INDONESIA has reminded Australia it won't be let off the hook in managing asylum seekers even if Jakarta builds a processing centre.
Indonesia's foreign minister Marty Natalegawa called for a shared regional solution when asked if a facility might be set up in Indonesia to manage the thousands of would-be refugees in transit.
"The one thing we'd want to avoid is the suggestion that the establishment of a centre in one country implies another country not doing the same," he said in Sydney on Monday.
"We can all be doing it, it's sharing the burden."
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who was in Papua New Guinea on Monday discussing the issue, said he would not shy away from the challenge.
A one-off regional summit on asylum seekers and people smuggling will be held in Indonesia within months in a bid to find a solution.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called for the summit to be attended by countries of asylum seeker origin, transit and destination.
Mr Rudd was in PNG with Immigration Minister Tony Burke, who says the talks about Australia's Manus Island asylum seeker processing centre will be significant before the Indonesian summit.
Mr Rudd reiterated that a regional solution, which includes PNG, was the only way to manage asylum seekers.
"PNG is an important part of an effective regional response," he told reporters in Port Moresby.
"This is a challenge that as prime minister of Australia I will not shy away from."
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott dismissed Mr Rudd's trip to PNG as "more talk and no real action".
"Not only is Mr Rudd the best friend that people smugglers have ever had, he's basically acted as their travel agent," he told reporters in Sydney.
Customs and border protection chief Michael Pezzullo admitted authorities were stretched amid rising boat arrivals.
Australian authorities have picked up more than 15,000 asylum seekers so far this year.
"We're certainly stretched - that's true," Mr Pezzullo told Sky News.
"But the vast majority of people are actually brought to Christmas Island safely."
Three asylum seeker boats were intercepted on Saturday with more than 340 people on board, while another vessel with 84 passengers was spotted on Sunday.
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