A video has emerged online of a man being assaulted during the University of Queensland's student union elections.
According to the ABC the 21-year-old attacker was distributing "derogatory and defamatory remarks about the incumbents." Campbell Ray, a 29-year-old student party member approached the man which then led to Ray being assaulted.
Following the coward punch onlookers jumped in to stop the assault, which lead to the attacker spitting on one of them.