The Abbott government is not planning to release the interim report of its inquiry into the death of one asylum seeker and injuries to more than 60 others on Manus Island in February.

It also intends to keep the final report under wraps, citing the practice of the former Labor government's inquiries into incidents at detention facilities on Christmas Island and Nauru.

Under wraps: The processing centre at Manus Island. Credit:Alex Ellinghausen

"As has been consistently stated, the government has adopted the same process for the conduct of the review as the previous government initiated in its review into the Nauru processing centre riot," a spokesman for Immigration Minister Scott Morrison said. "The final report will be released, consistent with those same processes."*