The Latest Breaking News from Torres Strait

A group of men have been detained after trying to enter Australia, sparking calls for better border security in the Torres Strait by the local mayor.

Company monopolies and the need to have goods shipped from Cairns has left Torres Strait Islanders paying over-the-top food prices in Queensland.

Police have called off their search for a woman who went missing from a vessel which overturned near Mabuiag Island five days ago.

The search for a man missing off Thursday Island has entered a third day after an unmanned outrigger canoe was found 100 metres from shore.

The 38-year-old man was last seen in an outrigger canoe in the channel between Horn and Thursday islands, with his canoe later found 100 metres off the coast.

The Queensland government has earmarked $64 million for subsidies to help pay for sea freight services in the Torres Strait and ease living costs.

When war was on the doorstep to Australia's north 80 years ago, nearly 900 Torres Strait Islanders signed up to help protect the country despite not being able to enter pub, earn a fair wage, or be counted in the Commonwealth census.

Remote islanders on the frontline of climate change will not rule out taking a complaint to the United Nations after a landmark ruling in favour of their "brothers and sisters" in the Torres Strait.

When five Indigenous groups came together on a native title claim, their traditional singing was crucial evidence. Now they're celebrating a landmark legal outcome.