They say you should never work with children or animals.
It's a lesson Malcolm Turnbull learned the hard way during a visit to a Rockhampton cattle farm on Thursday.
While the cattle mostly behaved themselves, four-year-old twins Orlando and Presley Acton were less than impressed about being forced to pose for photos with the prime minister.
"This is so silly," Presley told AAP, tugging at his straw cowboy hat.
Orlando wasn't happy about the media attention either.
"I was scared because those lights were getting in my eyes."
Mr Turnbull toured the Paradise Lagoons cattle farm as part of his visit to the marginal seat of Capricornia.
It's a farm former prime minister Tony Abbott visited last year, where he unveiled a bust dedicated to the farm's late owner Graeme Acton just two months before he was deposed by Mr Turnbull.
Capricornia is held by coalition MP Michelle Landry by with a wafer-thin 0.8 per cent.
Mr Turnbull has announced $150 million for water projects in Queensland, including $130 million to construct the Rookwood Weir, which would service the central Queensland city if the business case meets requirements.
Mr Turnbull told the farm's owners Tom and Tory Acton about his own cattle and sheep operation in the Hunter Valley.
"It's not on your scale, we brand about 700-plus calves a year."
Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce was responsible for strong cattle prices, he said.
"I give Barnaby the credit for it - it's because of these big trade export markets that we've opened up."
Ms Acton said Mr Turnbull's innovation "buzz word" needed to be integrated with agriculture and beef industries.
"There's Asia's middle class and the growth there and the whole global world food shortage.
"It's something we can capitalise on here."
