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A man is fighting for life in hospital after being found lying in the street with serious head injuries in Adelaide.

The 59-year-old was found at 11.30pm on Friday night in the northern suburb of Elizabeth Downs.

Emergency Services were called to Peacock Road after reports a man had been assaulted.

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He was rushed to the Royal Adelaide Hospital with life-threatening injuries, SA Police said.

Police are still searching the scene, with the attacker on the run.

"Detectives do not believe that it is a random incident," SA Police said in a statement.

Anyone with information on the incident should contact Crime Stoppers.

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Senior members of both the Liberal and Labor parties have both said the news that hundreds of Liberal-National Party-branded postal vote applications were thrown in the bin by a mail worker is "deeply concerning".

A Current Affair revealed last night that Australia Post has stood down one of its employees after CCTV footage captured them dumping the applications in a Queensland grandmother's bin.

When asked about the incident on the campaign trail today in the Sunshine State, Labor's Shadow Treasurer, Jim Chalmers was quick to condemn the postie's actions, shortly after Liberal senator Simon Birmingham had also criticised them.

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"What happened there was completely unacceptable. Completely and utterly unacceptable," Mr Chalmers said.

Mr Chalmers has called for clarity over the incident and said Australia Post needs to advise if it is "adequately resourced to deal with the extra pressure that comes at election time".

"We consider it to be deeply concerning," he said.

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"It can't happen again and we need to make sure the resources are there so it doesn't happen again."

Mr Birmingham said the "antics" made it harder for political parties, and could also hamper the voting efforts of older Australians.

"It is deeply concerning to us that there may be these type of antics happening, behind the scenes, that make it harder to get our message out to voters and to communicate with them," he said.

Mr Chalmers said there was "no evidence" of a union campaign being involved.

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In a statement released yesterday, Australia Post CEO Paul Graham apologised unreservedly, and said the organisation takes full responsibility for the error.

"Australia Post is working with Queensland Police and has commenced an internal investigation," he said.

"The person involved has been suspended effective immediately pending the outcome of the investigation and we are working with the LNP to deliver these mail items as a priority.

"We take full responsibility and apologise unreservedly."

The Australian Electoral Commission, meanwhile, said the incident would have "no effect on the operation of the election whatsoever", pointing out postal vote applications can be made via the AEC website.

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Barnaby Joyce's security team was forced to intervene when the Deputy Prime Minister was confronted by a furious man on the side of a busy highway.

Video footage shows the moment the driver of a car got out of his vehicle and launched an expletive-filled tirade towards Mr Joyce, as an Australian Federal Police officer stood between the man and the Nationals leader.

Mr Joyce and some of his team had been driving on the New England Highway near Armidale, in northern New South Wales, when he pulled to the side of the road to take a phone call yesterday.

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A four-wheel-drive reportedly made a u-turn across the road and stopped near the parked vehicle, before the driver got out and tried to confront Mr Joyce.

"You're a f—— piece of s—, Barnaby," was just some of the verbal abuse sent Mr Joyce's way in the minute-long encounter.

The AFP officer, who had been standing in front of the man's car once it pulled up, was called a "dog" and told to "get out of the way" by the irate motorist.

And one point, the driver appears to redirect his attention to the officer, bouncing on his feet and clenching a fist as he says "come on, come on".

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A woman, who had been travelling in the same car as the man, can be seen trying to calm him down and get him back in the vehicle.

She initially succeeds, but the man soon leaves the car and confronts Mr Joyce and his security officer for another ten seconds or so before he is finally ushered back into his car.

The whole encounter lasted a little over a minute.

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Mr Joyce told 9News he was grateful to his security team for keeping him safe.

"This in no way reflects how the majority of Australians participate in our democracy," he said.

"I thank my protective ­detail for their bravery in keeping myself and my staff safe. This will be dealt with through the appropriate ­processes."

The AFP also released a statement in response to the confrontation.

"The AFP is aware of an incident which occurred yesterday with a member of the public and the Leader of the National Party," the statement read.

"This report is being assessed for investigation."