Torres Strait Islands

A complaint about a policeman ended Dulcie Flower's stint in a hospital emergency department. But it started a long career focused on improving the health outcomes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Targeted mosquito spraying is underway to stop the spread of suspected dengue fever in the Torres Strait, north of mainland Queensland.

Nicholas Lubitz witnessed the remarkable emetic incident during a three-year project that saw hundreds of marine creatures tagged off the Queensland coast.

Evelyn Billy is working to expose more people to Torres Strait food.

At her local supermarket, Evelyn Billy looked around and saw food from all cultures — except hers. 

Larrakia-Erub filmmaker Aaliyah-Jade grew up in Sydney, but her connection to her Torres Strait Islander culture remains her 'life force'.

In the fight for the survival of Torres Strait’s islands climate change looms large, but has the Australian government failed to protect them? A judge will make a ruling after a landmark Federal Court case wrapped up this week.

Queensland police believe a teenager who went missing on Thursday was killed by a crocodile after a boat broke down off Saibai Island in the far northern reaches of the Torres Strait.

A 16-year-old boy went missing after his boat broke down in the ocean near Papua New Guinea. 

Gehamat Loban didn't set out to make history when he left his island home at 14 but he and 70 others from the Torres Strait Islands did just that with a world record that still stands today.

The ABC previously revealed Yolonde Entsch had been engaged to facilitate youth workshops and women's empowerment programs by the company. 

Images of a federal MP in fancy dress appear to have contradicted claims he was unaware his wife was being paid to run face-painting and dress-up classes by a business that had government contracts.

An ABC investigation has uncovered the details in material promoting Mr Entsch's wife Yolonde as the LNP candidate for the state seat of Cairns.

Queensland Health's maternity patient records were left lying around in an unlocked dilapidated demountable office — dumped on public land on Thursday Island — the ABC has confirmed.

The allegations emerged after two of the unit's most senior medicos made complaints to the state's Crime and Corruption Commission seeking protection as official whistleblowers.

A trawler crew in distress off the Queensland coast fired off an emergency beacon. They watched their boat go down in tropical waters after a freighter came to their rescue.

A crew member says island residents laughed when told of the 250-kilometre attempt but at no point did the rowers think they would come up short.

Piling onto planes with extra bags full of meat and forgoing fruit and vegetables at the supermarket, residents of these isolated communities are doing what they can to save until a $64m grocery subsidy scheme takes effect. It might be costing their health.

Uncle Pabai and Uncle Paul talk about taking the Australian Government to court for failing to prevent climate change.

Legal and climate experts liken rising sea levels and climate harms to “colonisation” as proceedings for the Australian Climate Case resume. 

More than 70 per cent of people on Thursday Island/Waiben voted in favour of a Voice to Parliament. Defeat hasn't cooled their desire for more control over their region's affairs.

From striking art installations to one-of-a-kind costumes, two designers are transforming marine debris into "beautiful things" that highlight a scourge that plagues our beaches.  

A Supreme Court judge says communities in the Torres Strait have better things to spend money on than mounting legal costs between the council and a major shipping company.

Supporters of a Voice to Parliament say it will help turn around concerning social indicators and address the legacies of colonisation but critics say they are mistrustful of who will speak on their communities' behalf.

Wearing helmets as heavy as a medieval suit of armour, divers had one hour to fill their baskets with pearl or trochus shells.