By Christmas, Malcolm Turnbull will be halfway through this term. Perhaps further, with a late-2018 election possible.

Perennially down in the polls, Turnbull has recently been attempting to recast his image through light-hearted FM radio spots and soft breakfast TV appearances.

This is wise, but it brings its own complications – such as when the PM was handed a paddle on Today Extra on which one side was printed "Yeah" and the other, "Yeah, nah".

He then faced a series of questions: dinner with Bill Shorten ("Yeah"); Tony Abbott's budgie smugglers ("Yeah, nah"); and Donald Trump. "I'll be very diplomatic," he said, displaying the "Yeah".