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.
