Would-be politician Clive Palmer appears to have sent more unsolicited text messages to unsuspecting voters — ironically promising to ban unwelcome messages from political parties.

Key points: An unknown number of Australians received unsolicited text messages from Mr Palmer's party on Friday last week

An unknown number of Australians received unsolicited text messages from Mr Palmer's party on Friday last week Mr Palmer said it was entirely legal under the privacy act

Mr Palmer said it was entirely legal under the privacy act Senator Brian Burston said he would consider supporting a ban on unsolicited political text messages if re-elected

The latest attempt to garner votes by the controversial businessman came as his United Australia Party's sole representative in Parliament, New South Wales senator Brian Burston, claimed he had no knowledge his boss was using such means to spread the party's message.

Mr Palmer has defended his use of unsolicited text messages, arguing it is entirely legal under the privacy act, which allows political parties to access voter details.

The latest messages state: "United Australia Party will ban unsolicited political text messages which Labor & Liberal have allowed."

It is not clear exactly who sent the messages, as the website listed in the texts is not UAP's official website. Rather, the link takes people to a blank page that simply states: "Authorised by S. Sokolova, United Australia Party, Brisbane."

That website is registered to a staffer of Mr Palmer, James McDonald. The ABC has attempted to contact Mr Palmer and Mr McDonald.

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One recipient told the ABC it was the second text she had received which appeared to come from the United Australia Party in just over a week.

An unknown number of Australians received unsolicited text messages from Mr Palmer's party on Friday last week.

Yolanda Vu said she did not recognise the number when the most recent text arrived, and when she eventually read the text she was "surprised that they were having another go".

"It's a pretty random text, I thought it was from my dentist or something, so I didn't recognise the 'from' address," she said.

"I just glanced at it, I didn't really read it, but when I got to the end of it I realised it was from good old Clive Palmer."

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Her main gripe was that the message was unsolicited and there was no option within the text to unsubscribe or opt out from receiving messages from the number.

"I haven't brushed up on the spam act but there was no option for opting out so that kind of annoyed me," she said.

"Coming from a marketing background, you should always give an option.

"I've tried to block it but it can't be done. The 'block this caller' option on [my phone] has worked for a few random texts that I get but not this one."

Ms Vu said she did not know where the sender would have found her phone number, but said she had come to expect political text messages during election periods, and figured no rules or laws had been broken.

"I think [political parties] would try to find all of the loopholes to get through [to voters with marketing materials], so I'm not surprised," she said.

"I would probably be questioning where it did come from, but at the end of the day I guess everyone has your data somewhere, somehow."

Brian Burston (right) said he did not intend to raise the issue with Clive Palmer. ( ABC News: Matt Roberts )

Burston would consider banning such messages

Senator Brian Burston, the only UAP member currently serving in either state or federal parliament, said he was not aware of the party text messages until the ABC asked him about them.

He said while he did not find these types of texts "offensive", he would consider supporting a ban on unsolicited political text messages if re-elected to the Federal Parliament at the next election.

"It's something that you can just delete or ignore. Same as Facebook, if you get abusive or un-useful messages on Facebook you can just ignore them or delete them," he said.

"I would support a ban on them because some people may be offended. Or rather than ban them, just allow people to unsubscribe."

The messages delivered by the UAP last week and today did not appear to allow recipients to unsubscribe directly from the text, and instead directed people to the party website.

Senator Burston said he did not intend to raise the issue with Mr Palmer.