Liberal frontbencher Andrew Hastie has denied a report he is about to quit the party, amid its split over how to combat the rise of One Nation.

Hastie, touted as a future leader, denied a claim by long-time political journalist Nikki Savva in her column in the Nine newspapers on Thursday that he could leave the Liberals.

“I am here to stay and I will recontest the next election. It’s as simple as that,” Hastie told Sydney’s 2GB..

“I’ve decided that I need to fight for the Liberal Party, and if I’m getting attacked by [One Nation leader] Pauline Hanson and [her chief of staff] James Ashby and Barnaby Joyce, then it looks weak to not respond.”

Hastie, a Western Australian MP, has faced online abuse after giving evidence against accused war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith, triggering security upgrades for his house.

He said the Coalition needed to point out flaws in Labor policies as well as those by One Nation.

“We need to deliver centre-right government for the Australian people. We need to focus on the Australian people’s challenges and problems,” he said.

The Coalition ends the first half of the parliamentary year trailing Labor and One Nation on a record low 17 per cent of the primary vote, according to Newspoll. Behind the scenes, some MPs are questioning Angus Taylor’s continued leadership.

He intends to use parliament’s five-week winter break to turn around the Liberals’ dire polling with an election-style sales pitch across the country.

Taylor hopes a cut-through will come from a campaign-style blitz across every state and territory, including community and business forums in marginal electorates.

Opposition treasury spokesman Tim Wilson said Liberal MPs also needed to focus on building a narrative voters could relate to.

“What should our focus be? It should be building out the policy frameworks, to have a story to tell Australians about how we’re going to build a more bright and hopeful Liberal future,” he said.

Labor will use the upcoming break to spruik its budget changes, with housing measures proving controversial among business sectors.

The federal government had a small bounce in the most recent polls after the measures curbing negative gearing and reducing the capital gains tax discount passed parliament with the help of the Greens.

It’s also hoping for similar success for gambling reforms, which were introduced to parliament on Thursday, despite the crossbench coming out against the measures for not going far enough to reduce harm.

-with AAP