Independent MP Andrew Wilkie says the Labor is 'least bad' on asylum seekers and broadband, but he favours the Coalition's mental health plan.
The new member for the Tasmanian seat of Denison wants the federal government to improve hospitals and crack down on poker machines.
He met with Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott in Canberra on Monday.
Following the meetings, Mr Wilkie reiterated the list he gave them was not a series of demands, but personal priorities.
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"They are the issues, or some of the issues, that I feel very strongly about," he told reporters at Parliament House.
"Of that list of 20-odd priorities, there are at least two priorities that I have said both to the prime minister and to the opposition leader there must be reform on."
Mr Wilkie said his state's only acute care hospital needed to be refurbished, while he wanted to see laws governing poker machines reformed.
Mr Wilkie said he would support whichever major party would deliver a stable, competent and ethical government.
"Both parties have good and bad people, both parties have good and bad policies," he said, adding he didn't like Labor's or the coalition's plans for asylum seekers.
"I think the ALP policy is least bad, but it is still a bad policy."
Mr Wilkie said he favoured the coalition's promises on mental health, but not their broadband offering.
