Pauline Hanson’s One Nation has emerged as the party most trusted by voters to handle immigration, which has become one of the most important issues for Australians.

Immigration was ranked the equal second most important political issue for voters, behind cost of living and equal with the housing crisis.

According to the latest Sky News Pulse / YouGov poll, conducted from February 17-24, 29 per cent of voters selected One Nation as the best party to handle immigration.

That was ahead of the Labor Party with 20 per cent support, Coalition on 19 per cent and the Greens at 8 per cent. Twenty-four per cent of voters were unsure.

It comes after the previous Sky News Pulse showed that the majority of voters wanted cuts to the level of immigration.

The issue of immigration resonated most strongly with older voters, regional and working class voters, who also said One Nation was better placed to manage it.

One Nation’s popularity has continued to grow in recent months off the back of its hardline stance on immigration.

The party’s policy includes cutting annual immigration by more than 570,000 to a cap of 130,000 across all visas – effectively a policy of net zero immigration.

Senator Hanson has also pledged to deport 75,000 illegal immigrants, refuse migrants from countries linked to extremism and adopt an eight-year waiting period for citizenship.

She has also called for withdrawing from the UN Refugee Convention to retain full control over humanitarian intake.

Meanwhile, One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce accused the Coalition of “mimicry” after Sky News revealed a leaked Liberal Party policy aligned closely with One Nation’s approach.

“Before they’ve been chasing the polls, now they’re chasing One Nation policies,” Mr Joyce told Sky News.

He said the priority for immigration should be conducting a “stock take” of what Australia can absorb, taking into account housing, hospitals and school capacities.

Pauline Hanson’s One Nation has emerged as the party most trusted by voters to handle immigration, which has become one of the most important issue for Australians.

However, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been warning voters against One Nation, urging the Coalition to place them last in election preferences.

“They don’t represent (working class) values,” Mr Albanese told the Karl Stefanovic podcast on Tuesday.

“They oppose every advance that trade unions have ever made. They oppose – One Nation – one job, one pay, same job, same pay, which has made such a difference.

“They’ve opposed the legislation that we’ve done to enshrine penalty rates on weekends.

“One Nation’s greatest supporter, (Pauline Hanson’s) friend, is Gina Rinehart. Last time I looked, (she’s) not a working-class hero.”

Senator Hanson has secured interest from 52 per cent of working-class voters, a demographic traditionally aligned the Labor Party.

The latest Sky News Pulse / YouGov poll found 48 per cent of voters are open to backing One Nation, while 52 per cent are not considering it.