Brett,
Being a long way away from Oz....confirm you have commerical backers who donate money to help fund your operation and you also compete for work against commerical operators who have no charitable backers?
If that is so...I can understand some angst by those that have to make it on their own if you have a backstop financially.
We are confronted in a similar situation in the State of Washington where the State operates a fleet of surplus military helicopters during the fire season there. They are supported by tax money....and thereby do not have to worry about profitability as do the commerical operators. As they take away work from the commerical operators it gets harder for the non-tax supported operations to continue operating.
Or am I missing something that is peculilar to Oz law and general business practices?