Indonesian police have arrested the crew of an asylum seeker boat that sank off Java, killing at least eight people. Investigators are preparing a case against the three men. They could be jailed for five years for breaching immigration and maritime laws. 

 

The Gillard Government is under pressure to change its poker machine policy. Labor's deal with Independent MP Andrew Wilkie is to introduce a mandatory pre-commitment scheme. But the clubs industry, as you know, is campaigning against it. And the country independents also have concerns. Independent MP Tony Windsor wants the Government to consider a maximum one-dollar-bet policy instead. Senator Xenophon says this could be simpler and less costly for the industry. 

 

Qantas boss Alan Joyce will be grilled by senators at a hearing in Canberra today about his controversial decision to ground Qantas' planes. The committee's chairman Glenn Sterle has called on Mr Joyce to resign. The committee is looking into proposed changes to the Qantas Sale Act. 

 

Hundreds of passengers have been evacuated from a ferry that caught fire in the Red Sea. One man has died and several people have been injured.