Morning Mail: Abbott attacks UN, Apple Watch launch, England out of Cricket World Cup

Guardian Australia's Morning Mail Tuesday 10 March 2015 g
Australian news and politics
A United Nations report has found that Australia is systematically violating the international Convention Against Torture over detaining asylum seekers, and particularly children, in detention. Tony Abbott has responded angrily, saying, "I really think Australians are sick of being lectured to by the United Nations." "We want to see him to let him know that we love him": Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran have seen their families for the first time since they were transferred to Nusa Kambanang for execution We're crowdsourcing the investigation of more than 1700 pages of declarations made to the NSW pecuniary interests register. You can uncover gifts or investments, earn points while you do it and improve political transparency by helping us create the complete digital database it should have been in the first place. Here's an FAQ explaining why we're crowdsourcing this. The first bill of Queensland's Labor government under premier Annastacia Palaszczuk will wind back laws that increased secrecy around political donations, putting in place the “mechanism” for realtime donor reporting. The Abbott government should “put pensioners first” and fix contentious changes to the age pension, says Queensland MP Andrew Laming. Five teenagers racked up 212 charges between them in an alleged five-day crime spree through Darwin last week.
Around the world
The Apple event this morning has seen the much-hyped launch of the Apple Watch, as well as a new MacBook. Here are the key facts about both of those products. The watch will be available for between $349 and $10,000+ - US dollars, of course - butthere's even a $17k solid gold edition. A 19-year-old woman has reportedly become the first female western fighter to die in battle against Isis in northern Syria. German Ivana Hoffmann is thought to have travelled to Turkey six months ago, and died alongside Kurdish fighters. "In this studio, I run the show".  The video has gone viral of Lebanese TV host and university professor Rima Karaki ​cutting short an interview with a London-based Islamist scholar after he told her to “shut up”, and said being interviewed by a woman was beneath him.
One last thing
Australians might have woken up with a smile to the news England crashed out of the cricket world cup last night against Bangladesh. "England must now skulk around in Sydney to play their final match against Afghanistan" on Friday. They certainly won't look forward to going home to the UK press, if the internet reaction is anything to go by. Have an excellent day – and if you spot something I've missed, let me know on Twitter @earleyedition.