Jetjr, your missing the point. The cost of actually having a search and rescue organisation Australia wide is staggering, but offset with corporate sponsorship and volunteers.
This organisation is already in place too, when it actually goes out and searches the cost is part of the existing infrastructure to a large extent. It really is great living in Australia.
Are you suggesting we should save by dismantling this organisation? You wouldn't get a cheque in the mail, the pollies would waste the funds elsewhere.