Leigh Sales has hit back at critics with a hilarious tweet after she was accused of flirting and being 'soft' in a television interview with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

The ABC 7.30 host was criticised on social media following the program's first interview with Mr Turnbull since he became Prime Minister after claims she had been too tough on other politicians.

Twitter was flooded with complaints on Monday night slamming Sales for not asking hard hitting questions like she had done for Tony Abbott, Joe Hockey and Julia Gillard.

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Leigh Sales has hit back at critics with a hilarious tweet after she was accused of flirting and being 'soft' in a ABC 7.30 interview with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Monday night

In response, Sales tweeted a 'handy template' to save people time when they next commentate on her 7.30 interviews, which includes alternate answers depending on the complaint.

'Leigh Sales went too hard/too soft in her interview last night and she is a left-wing stooge/right-wing fascist,' the hilarious note reads.

'Her outfit was gross/awesome/reminiscent of a bag lady. Bring back Kerry O'Brien/Chris Uhlmann/that guy who plays the piano with the puppet.'

It comes after viewers accused Sales of letting Mr Turnbull 'waffle on' during the widely-promoted 22-minute interview.

To save time, please save this handy template for use in commentating future #abc730 interviews! pic.twitter.com/GO5LvyFld2 — Leigh Sales (@leighsales) September 21, 2015

The ABC 7.30 host was criticised on social media following the program's first interview with Mr Turnbull since he became Prime Minister after claims she had been too tough on other politicians

Twitter was flooded with complaints on Monday night slamming Sales for not asking hard hitting questions of Malcolm Turnbull like she had done for Tony Abbott, Joe Hockey and Julia Gillard

Sales, whose interview tone has been described in the past as hostile and aggressive, smiled and laughed repeatedly when asking Mr Turnbull questions.

She was criticised for asking only one question on Mr Turnbull's decision to challenge Tony Abbott for the Liberal Party leadership.

They spoke at length about what he learned from being ousted as Liberal leader six years ago by Mr Abbott before Sales apologised repeatedly for interrupting Mr Turnbull mid-sentence.

I bet Abbott and Gillard wish they got as soft an opening #abc730 interview as Turnbull got ☺️ — Ben 🐨🇦🇺🚴🍺♻️✌🕊☮ (@thecattery) September 21, 2015

@abc730 @leighsales Amazed to see you letting Malcolm Turnbull waffle on when you constantly interupted TA during interviews? — James Kerr (@jameskerr52) September 21, 2015

'I'm sorry I'm laughing, but you're not at the dispatch box and you're not at the bar, so I've got to squeeze in one more question before we run out of time,' she said.

Mr Turnbull responded: 'One more question. Sorry, sorry, sorry.'

'I'm sorry. I'm sorry to be rude like that too,' Sales said.

Sales, whose interview tone has been described in the past as hostile and aggressive, smiled and laughed repeatedly when asking Mr Turnbull questions

Methinks when someone asks him a Hard question, he"ll be in trouble. Hey @leighsales ? #abc730 #auspol — Stefenmac (@Stefenmac) September 21, 2015