Re-elected independent MP Andrew Wilkie has rejected the job of parliamentary Speaker before it's even been offered.
The Hobart-based politician has become hot property with the prospect of a hung parliament and has already been contacted by both Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Labor leader Bill Shorten.
But the MP for Denison, who was returned with a boosted primary vote swing of more than six per cent, has ruled out doing deals to form government and said he's even immune to sweeteners.
"I haven't been offered the Speaker's role but I've already rejected it," Mr Wilkie told ABC Radio on Monday.
"That would be a rather clever and obvious way of removing my vote from the floor of the chamber and improving the vote of the government by one.
"It would also take me out of the hustle and bustle. My job is to fight for reform, my job is to fight for my community and I can really only do that on the floor of the parliament."
Speaking as one of five likely crossbenchers in the new-look parliament, Mr Wilkie said he doesn't think Mr Turnbull has a mandate following a strong swing against the Liberal Party.
"He took his recent budget to this election and it's been rejected so I think if Malcolm Turnbull should scrape together a majority or some support on the crossbench to resume government, I don't think he's got a mandate.
"He's got to go back to the drawing board and revisit a whole lot of things in his budget that were controversial.
"If he thinks the community are still happy with $49 billion of tax cuts for the big corporates at the expense of health and education, he's misread the election result."
