AUSTRALIA has seen a very different side to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, who was filmed sipping frothies and having a chinwag with two journalists from the Betoota Advocate in his most bizarre interview yet.

Mr Turnbull met the two journos — who confessed they were feeling a tad hungover before the hilarious interview — at the Old Fitzroy at Woolloomooloo in Sydney.

“We just had a big night out on the wharf with Rusty, we’re feeling a bit dusty,” one of them conceded to the camera.

“We got a line on our leader, Malcolm Turnbull ... he’s a great fan of the paper, has been for a long time, but this is the first time we’re going to be talking to him.”

It was Malcolm in the middle as the Prime Minister sat sipping his beer sandwiched between the two journos, who wore cowboy hats and spoke to the PM as though they were old mates.

No topics were off limits as the conversation strayed from the Communist Manifesto to rugby, Russian hacking, Tony Abbott, sports analogies and kayaking.

At one point during the interview, one of the journos pulled out a so-called copy of the Communist Manifesto, hidden behind him under the couch.

“To Malcolm, great work on Spy Catcher, really really great work. Your friend, Mikhail Gorbachev,” one of the men said.

“Is that in the couch here? Are you trying to say something about inner-city lefties?” the Prime Minister quipped.

The pair also quizzed Mr Turnbull about “possible Russian influence” in the WA election.

Taking the question seriously, the Prime Minister said he wasn’t particularly concerned about hacking as the election was “paper-based”.

“I’m not concerned by it because we’ve got very good protection against cyber hacking and it’s very much a paper-based system,” he said.

Out of nowhere, one of the journos asked: “Does Barnaby know how to use a computer?”

“Barnaby is very, very good at computing ... farmers are some of the most tech-savvy people in the country,” Mr Turnbull said.

The trio were served another pint about midway during the interview, which the Prime Minister didn’t turn down.

Mr Turnbull confessed he was “very mediocre” at rugby and had previously played for the “Dirty Reds” — Drummoyne District.

“ I was the definition of the enthusiastic amateur,” he said.

One of the journos also asked if Mr Turnbull thought Tony Abbott was the equivalent to rugby league hooker Robbie Farrah.

“Would you say Tony Abbott is equivalent to say Robbie Farrah, in that he’s a great clubman, has been there for years — hasn’t done much else — but he can’t get on with whoever’s in charge?

“No,” Mr Turnbull said.

The interview ended when one of the men said he was “going for a dart” and invited Mr Turnbull to join him on the balcony.

The hilarious interview has been trending on social media and had almost 4000 likes on Facebook less than an hour after it was posted.

One user commented: “Skull it for Straya!”

Another said: “This is the most uncomfortable thing I’ve ever watched.”

Several comments were made that the Prime Minister should “do a shoey”.