The coalition is being warned it risks becoming indistinguishable from One Nation as it toys with a preference deal with the party.
The prime minister has fired a shot at the coalition as experts say issues behind One Nation's rise rise in popularity have been bubbling away for decades.
One Nation has pulled ahead of Labor as the most popular party in the nation in latest polling, while the coalition has sunk to a distant third in its standing with voters.
But Anthony Albanese challenged Pauline Hanson's party to come up with solutions to issues plaguing voters rather than being a party of grievance.
He also accused the coalition of trying to mimic One Nation.
"The problem for (Opposition Leader) Angus Taylor is that if he tries to out-One Nation One Nation, then they become indistinguishable and people more and more will go towards what they see as the real thing," Mr Albanese told reporters in Bendigo on Tuesday.
