Australia has no plans to send ground troops to Iraq, says Bishop

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has again said Australia has no plans to send ground troops into Iraq.

Ms Bishop is in Baghdad for talks with Iraqi officials about Australia's involvement in the fight against Islamic State extremists, and in a press conference with her counterpart Ibrahim al-Jaafari again ruled out boots on the ground.

"We've not been asked and we've not offered to, so I do not envisage that being part of our arrangements with Iraq," she told reporters overnight in Baghdad.

"We will only provide assistance at the invitation of and with the consent of the Iraqi government."

Australia has taken part in airstrikes against IS targets in Iraq but is still awaiting legal agreement with the new Iraqi government over the deployment of 200 special forces advisers.