The Queensland man was found floating in the Torres Strait 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) from his upturned dinghy by an air rescue crew. He was "clinging to some flotsam" and was winched to safety ...

Wendy Richardson, 68, was travelling on a small dinghy between islands when the notoriously dangerous waters of the Torres Strait flipped it around 2pm on Thursday afternoon. Rescuers were able to ...

Hopes are still being held for a member of an iconic Cairns family missing after a boat accident in the Torres Strait. Speech therapist Wendy Richardson is missing following a boat capsize on ...

A police search-and-rescue operation is underway for a 16-year-old boy who tried to swim to shore from a broken dinghy in the waters of Torres Strait. Queensland Police said his 13-year-old ...

"The dinghy departed Getullai Island yesterday ... spending 24 hours in shark- and crocodile-infested waters in the Torres Strait, which is between Papua New Guinea and Queensland's Cape York ...

Two fishermen have been rescued from two-metre seas in the Torres Strait after their dinghy’s engine broke down. Australian Border Force rescued the two men who had found themselves adrift after ...

The mayor of the Torres Strait Island Council has revealed attempts at illegal boat crossings happen frequently, as he called for more funding from the Albanese government to fight people ...

Australian Border Force rescued the two men who had found themselves adrift after their six-metre dinghy experienced ... Aerial photo of Yam Island in the Torres Strait. PICTURE: CHRIS CALCINO ...