One Nation has hit a record high primary vote as it maintains its lead as the most popular political party in the country in the most recent national poll following Pauline Hanson’s calls for Australia to embrace a “monoculture”.
The party posted its strongest-ever primary vote in the latest Sky News Pulse / YouGov poll since Ms Hanson ignited debate over multiculturalism.
The poll, conducted from June 23-30, showed One Nation on 30 per cent of the primary vote, ahead of Labor on 29 per cent.
The Coalition recorded its worst result since polling began with just 17 per cent of the primary vote, followed by the Greens on 13 per cent.
Despite trailing One Nation on the primary vote, Labor would comfortably retain government, leading the Coalition and One Nation 54-46 on a two-party-preferred basis.
The results come after Ms Hanson sparked intense debate over national identity during her National Press Club address, where she called for a monocultural society.
“We are a multi-racial society, but we must be monocultural. Australians must live under the one cultural umbrella,” Ms Hanson said at the time.
The comments prompted an angry response from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who said Australia has “never been a monocultural society”.
“(Multicultural) is who we are, so it’s really a nonsense argument to go back to something that was actually never there,” Mr Albanese said in response.
Asked about Ms Hanson’s polling popularity, Mr Albanese said: “We have seen the rise of populist right-wing parties throughout the Western world.”
The Sky News Pulse shows One Nation’s appeal extends beyond its core base, with 39 per cent of all voters open to voting for Ms Hanson’s party.
Forty-one per cent said they would seriously consider voting Labor, while 30 per cent said they would consider voting for the Coalition and 23 per cent nominated the Greens.
Despite Labor trailing One Nation on voting intention in the survey, Mr Albanese maintained a lead as preferred prime minister.
Forty-four per cent of respondents nominated Mr Albanese as their preferred prime minister compared with 35 per cent for Opposition Leader Angus Taylor.
In a separate head-to-head contest, Mr Albanese led Ms Hanson by 49 per cent to 40 per cent.
Mr Albanese recorded a net satisfaction rating of -21 per cent, with 36 per cent satisfied and 57 per cent dissatisfied.
Mr Taylor recorded a net satisfaction rating of -11 , with 36 per cent satisfied and 47 per cent dissatisfied.
Mr Taylor delivered the Coalition its worst poll result since the Sky News Pulse began, below levels seen under former opposition leader Sussan Ley.
In February 2026, he said that the Liberal Party needed “strong leadership, clear direction and a relentless and courageous focus on our values”.
“The Liberal Party is at the worst position it has been since 1944, when the party was formed. That is a confronting reality and we cannot ignore it,” Mr Taylor said in February.
At the time, the Coalition was polling around 20 per cent, with Ms Ley’s approval ratings deeply negative at -40.
The Coalition has now recorded a primary vote of 17 per cent, while Mr Taylor’s approval ratings sit at -11.
Since the 2025 federal election, the Coalition has lost 46 per cent of its voters to One Nation and four per cent to Labor.
One Nation has led the primary vote among both men, women, older voters and also working-class voters.
A dominant 37 per cent of people who identified as working class said they would vote One Nation, compared to 25 per cent who said Labor.
Meanwhile, 54 per cent of working-class voters said their financial situation had deteriorated in the past three months.
Thirty-nine per cent of all voters reported being worse off, while 49 per cent said there had been no change.
The Albanese government’s cost-of-living measures come into effect on Wednesday, including tax cuts, expanded paid parental leave and minimum wage increases.