After the two failed attempts to reintroduce the ABCC, in December 2016 Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull called the double dissolution 2016 federal election.
Following the election, the re-elected Turnbull government was successful in reinstating the ABCC with the vote of Senators Pauline Hanson's One Nation, Nick Xenophon Team and Derryn Hinch.
There were only two holders of that office during ABCC's existence: The initial Commissioner was the previous Director of FWBC, Nigel Hadgkiss, who had been in that role since 21 October 2013.
[10] On 13 September 2017, when the case was due to be heard at trial, Hadgkiss formally admitted to the CFMEU's allegation,[10] and he subsequently resigned from the Commissioner's position.
"[10] In February 2018, the Turnbull government appointed former Victorian Chief Examiner (and former AFL umpire) Stephen McBurney as the second ABCC Commissioner.