EITHER Prime Minister Julia Gillard doesn't wear her RMs much, or she has a crackerjack shoeshine boy at the Lodge.

We are tipping the former, with this picture right showing her shiny new boots on the campaign trail in 2010, look almost identical to those captured as she visited fire-affected areas of NSW last week.

But Back Paddock wonders if Ms Gillard actually owns the boots, or whether they belong to the Lodge and are passed from occupant to occupant, such has been the prevalence of PMs and shiny RMs in recent years.