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The Community and Public Sector Union says the Morrison government’s cuts to the Australian Public Service workforce have worsened the economic effects of the drought, by removing over 1000 jobs from struggling regional communities since 2013.

Just over half of federal public servants and 70% of senior executives reported capability gaps in their work groups, when asked for their views on the matter this year for the first time, according to the 2018-19 State of the Service Report.

The federal government gave control of recruitment back to agency heads over a year ago. Now leaders have been warned their headcounts are being monitored.