Clive Palmer says the United Australia Party (UAP) will preference the Liberal Party, Labor and the Greens last on all its how-to-vote cards at the upcoming federal election.
Mr Palmer addressed the National Press Club on Thursday, where he outlined what the UAP would demand if it were to gain seats in the upper or lower houses.
And while he said the major parties would be preferenced last, he would not say in what order, leaving the door open to change it in different states.
Mr Palmer said it may also be the case that some MPs, particularly those who are anti-vaccine mandate and anti-lockdowns, were favoured preference-wise over others.
"People have also sponsored some of our bills we've put up, like George [Christensen] from Dawson, so naturally those people will be favourable when it comes to us," he said.
"But there is also a situation where the Liberal Party locked down Sydney and there are a lot of our party members that are very upset about that still and they've got a say about what happens in NSW.
"There's also the situation with Labor where we had Dan Andrews having the biggest lockdown in the world's history."
Mr Palmer also expects the UAP will spend a further $40 million of advertising throughout the election campaign, on top of the $30 million already spent.
In 2019, the UAP ran an aggressive anti-Labor advertising blitz in the final week of the election campaign, while the Coalition benefited from its preference flows.
This year, the UAP will run candidates in all 151 seats in the House of Representatives.
"Between now and the election we will spend $40 million and we don't get general coverage by news generally, so if you balance the number of articles and ads you'd find our ideas are less prominent that the traditional parties," Mr Palmer said.
During his address, Mr Palmer also outlined some of the UAP's policy platforms.
He said the party wanted to see home loan interest rates capped at three per cent for the next five years, to take the pressure off Australian households and those facing mortgage stress.
Mr Palmer also said the UAP would push to have a 15 per cent export licence for all iron ore exports and that it would use the profit to pay down Australia's debt.
