Australians overwhelmingly want Malcolm Turnbull's government to negotiate with Labor and Nick Xenophon to get its agenda through Parliament rather than turn to either the Greens or One Nation for support.

New polling shows the public would much prefer the government to compromise with Bill Shorten's opposition or the centrist Nick Xenophon Team rather than court the votes of the more extreme Left or Right parties.

Pauline Hanson's One Nation party is planning to run candidates in the WA state election.

But there's a catch: the government must have either Greens or One Nation support to pass bills that Labor opposes. When it comes down to a choice between the two, a majority of Australians would prefer the government to sit down with the Greens - but Coalition voters would prefer it deal with One Nation.

The Research Now online poll of 1426 people, commissioned by the Australia Institute think tank, asked respondents to rank the government's negotiating options - Labor, the Nick Xenophon Team, the Greens, One Nation and the other crossbenchers such as Jacqui Lambie and Derryn Hinch - from one to five.