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Man and boy arrested after allegedly attacking One Nation volunteer with bat
The incident comes amid growing calls for the temperature of political debate in Australia to be turned down.
BBC World•
Two people have been arrested after a volunteer for Australia's right-wing populist party One Nation was allegedly assaulted with a baseball bat.
A man, 37, and a boy, 14, were arrested on Sunday night after an incident outside the volunteer's home in Torquay, about 100km (62 miles) south-west of Melbourne.
The man was charged with assault offences and remanded in custody while the boy was issued with a caution. The volunteer was hospitalised with non-life threatening injuries, police said. He remains in a stable condition.
"Political violence or intimidation of any kind against anyone is unacceptable in this country," he said.