Cory Bernardi's fledgling right-wing party is setting its sights on Victoria and is poised to campaign on energy prices and killing off the Safe Schools program at next year's state poll.

The Australian Conservatives have made an application to the Victorian Electoral Commission to be registered so it can run candidates in the election on November 24, 2018.

Senator Bernardi told Fairfax Media that the party would run candidates in selected seats including the upper house where he believes there is a chance to strengthen the conservative voice in Victoria.

Family First, which the Australian Conservatives merged with, won just 1.1 per cent of the lower house vote in 2014 and 1.8 per cent of the upper house vote.