Morning Mail: Children in detention report, Muslim students murdered in US, Costa Concordia captain guilty

Guardian Australia's Morning Mail Thursday 12 February 2015 g Australian news and politics   The Australian Human Rights Commission's 'The Forgotten Children' report has been released and is damning in its assessment of the "profoundly negative impacts" prolonged detention has on children, and the serious danger it exposes them to. The Human Rights Commission recommends that a royal commission probe abuses of children in immigration detention – but the government pushes back. There's also concern over terror threats, and new unemployment figures due for release today. All the developments from Canberra through the day in the politics live blog. The royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse finds Cardinal George Pell and the Sydney archdiocese fought a legal claim by an abuse victim to discourage others from attempting the same. Read a statement by victim Joan Katherine Isaacs about the royal commission report. Tony Abbott has claimed Labor wants Russia or North Korea to build Australia’s next fleet of submarines. This claim takes good government down to the depths, and is an attempt to shift attention from confusion over his handling of the $20bn contract, writes Lenore Taylor. Labor has moved closer to forming a minority government in Queensland by winning the key Brisbane seat of Ferny Grove, but the electoral commission will ask court to rule on whether a byelection should be held. But that could further delay the final outcome, andLabor is extremely worried the stalemate will jeopardise the Great Barrier Reef's status if they can't work with Unesco to stop the reef being listed as 'in danger'. Yesterday was a full day of submarines, terrorism and Indigenous inequity - look back on how yesterday in politics unfolded in the live blog, and keep up with everything in today's politics live blognow. Around the world    Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino has been found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to 16 years in jail over the cruise ship's sinking off the coast of Italy in 2012 that killed 32 people.A 46-year-old man has been charged in connection with the shooting murder of three Muslim university students in the United States. Any US weapons supplied to Ukraine would be more than matched by an increase in Russian arms supplied to the separatists, a leading security thinktank has warned. Greece is holding crunch talks with eurozone finance ministers. Follow it live here. In an address focused primarily on the joy of children and their role in society, Pope Francis has chided couples who can have children but choose not to, saying the decision is a “selfish” act. The British embassy in Yemen has been evacuated and closed amid growing crisis, with the foreign office urging all British nationals to leave the country immediately. More from around the web Among the most read on the Guardian this morning:Former classical pianist Anne Naysmith, who after a series of tragedies lost her home and vocation and became homeless, died in a road accident this week and tributes have been pouring in.  Queensland has returned the highest reading yet on an index of political risk in Australia after the rout of the Newman government, The Australian reports. The integrity of the vote that installed Bill Shorten as Labor leader has been brought into question, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. Former Queensland premier Anna Bligh – ousted by Campbell Newman in the 2012 landslide – has broken her silence on the LNP’s own electoral bloodbath, The Courier-Mail reports.  Julie Bishop is calling on the Indonesian government to show the same mercy to the condemned Bali Nine pair as it is pursuing for Indonesian drug felons facing execution overseas, The Age reports. One last thing   Peter Bradshaw's one-star review of Fifty Shades of Grey: "Seriously – there are no glimpses of a penis in this film, not in any state. It’s primly off-camera. Or maybe the smoulderingly sado-obsessed hero does not have a penis. It could account for his tastes. And his decor." Have an excellent day – and if you spot something I've missed, let me know on Twitter @earleyedition.