Pauline Hanson issues a brutal message to Anthony Albanese's government as she gives away free fish and chips to struggling Aussies

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has started her own fish and chip van, and provided meals to Australians struggling with the housing crisis.

Before being elected to Parliament in 1996, Ms Hanson operated a fish and chip shop in Ipswich, Queensland, which has often been the subject of ridicule from her political opponents. 

But now Ms Hanson is using her experience behind the fryer as a central campaign strategy ahead of next year's election.

'People love to say "Go back to your fish and chip shop. Pauline". I'm going one better, I'm bringing my fish and chip shop directly to you,' Ms Hanson said.

'We're here to listen, learn and share some fish and chips.'

Ms Hanson's first stop was Queensland Premier Steven Miles' electorate of Murrumba, where she handed out free fish and chips to rough sleepers in a makeshift tent community at Mckillop Park.

'It breaks my heart to see people living in their tents,' she told Sky News.

'I think I'm the only member of parliament with my own fish and chip van who's out there feeding the homeless and the people who are really struggling through the cost of living.'

Ms Hanson called on the Albanese government to halt immigration to Australia as the housing crisis worsened.

According to official figures, long-term overseas arrivals are now outpacing the construction of new homes by almost four to one. 

'You do not bring in more people in the country if we've got our own Aussies living in this situation where they're in parkland, in tents, and it's just not here – it's happening all over the country everywhere,' she said. 

She claimed the Albanese government was using immigration to prop up the economy. 

'Government, pull in your heads, stop your spending, and then cut back on immigration to just a net zero immigration and then deal with the infrastructure problems that we have in Australia,' she said.

'Don't keep bringing people in because you can't manage the economy.' 

The Albanese government pledged to build 1 million new homes within five years under a plan announced by Treasurer Jim Chalmers, but data shows this is on track to fail.

The Housing Industry Association has warned Dr Chalmers that 185,000 homes a year will be built in 2024 and 2025, 15,000 short of the 200,000-a-year target, as building costs and high-interest rates bite.

Labor also promised to halve immigration numbers from July, which are contributing to the housing shortage and sky-high rents.

However, official data showed that net migration hit an unprecedented 105,000 people in February, which is a nearly 20 percent increase on the previous record, and there were even more in the month before.

Home Affairs minister Clare O'Neill said the government was still on track to deliver on the migration target.