TORQUAY - According to The Guardian, a man and a boy have been arrested after a One Nation volunteer was allegedly attacked with a baseball bat outside his home on Victoria's Surf Coast.

The Guardian said police on Tuesday confirmed the arrest of a 37-year-old Hampton Park man and a 14-year-old boy over the incident. The attack allegedly took place outside a home in Torquay on Sunday night.

BBC News separately reported that a man and a boy were arrested after allegedly attacking a One Nation volunteer with a baseball bat in Australia. Its summary did not give the ages of those arrested or a specific location.

BBC News also said the incident comes amid growing calls for the temperature of political debate in Australia to be turned down, a context the summary presents alongside the arrests.

The Guardian placed the attack at a home in Torquay on Victoria's Surf Coast, while the BBC summary referred only to Australia. The two summaries do not conflict on the central facts of the arrests and the alleged bat attack.

Neither The Guardian nor BBC News, in the summaries available for this report, describes the volunteer's injuries, the charges the suspects face, any court appearance, or a motive for the alleged attack.

The Guardian credits its report to Benita Kolovos, Victorian state correspondent, while the BBC News item in the material reviewed carries no author credit.

Sources: The Guardian: Man and boy arrested after One Nation volunteer allegedly attacked with baseball bat in Victoria; BBC News: Man and boy arrested after allegedly attacking One Nation volunteer with baseball bat in Australia.