Gillard didn't support a priest who was accused (convicted?) of molesting children................. good thing she is an atheist some would say.

Instead she invited a convicted fraudster and known sexual predator to become Speaker of the House.

No, she did not.

It's rather insightful that some people seem to consider misusing a travel allowance (which protocal allows repayment of) more serious than child sex abuse.

At the time he was speaker Mr Slipper had not been convicted of anything.  Only after he dumped the LNP and became speaker did his friends see fit to set him up with a willing sex stooge and tell the world he was a shady character. And only after he became speaker did they go through his diaries looking for errors they could report him to police for, before allowing him the chance to repay.  Do you think the LNP might still pay poor James Ashby's upwards of $3million dollar legal fees, as promised?