Pressure has been mounting on Abbott to grant a conscience vote on the issue, but the prime minister has consistently said that the issue will be settled by the Coalition party room.
"They had huge arguments but they settled on a system that prevented us from becoming too radical in either direction and forced us to deal with each other".
The Samoans, among whom he settled, called him "the teller of tales", and readers who return to him as adults are still caught up in the engaging pace and clarity of those tales.
The crowd, not used to seeing so many top-class players on show, had to wait until deep into the second half for his debut, and so their attention settled on United's Juan Sebastian Veron.
When his career in football finished Wee Hughie settled on Tyneside, working as a labourer and writing articles for the local press.
I don't know that any woman ever directly rejected Don Francisco's physical prodding on an aired episode of Sábado Gigante – but he was sued for sexual harassment by a cast member (it was settled out of court).
If we're going to have a referendum we should have it as soon as possible so we can get the question settled once and for all".
The furor over Todd Akin's "legitimate rape" comments had finally settled down when a Republican governor appeared at a Romney rally to praise Republican wives.
Bombay has a fair claim to being the birthplace of modern art and it was because, it is often said, several European Jews came and settled here when Hitler took over Germany.
The overall aim remains the creation of an international agreement on climate change which is due to be settled at the next UN summit, COP21, to be held in Paris in December 2015.
Sahlee's family settled in Yarmouk, Syria, but they were forced to migrate once again after the outbreak of the Syrian civil war.
