The attorney-general has defended the decision to block the royal commission into anti-Semitism from accessing documents relating to Australia's counter-terrorism agency.
A parliamentary inquiry on Thursday was told the federal government made a public-interest immunity claim that would stop the royal commission from viewing cabinet documents that concerned the funding of ASIO in the lead up to the Bondi massacre.
The inquiry was told the immunity claim was made following advice from the prime minister's department to protect the cabinet process.
ASIO told the inquiry the agency had not sought to block the commission from accessing documents.
Attorney-General Michelle Rowland said the government supported the work of the royal commission and the decision to use the immunity claims were not out of the ordinary.
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