Mmmmm McGowans thread..... ??
Well I suppose there are some cost aspects about the operation that might remain similar
if a commercial operator were to do that task.
However any "tax relief" that a charity has or can get, obviously help keep the operation cheaper to the end user in this case NETS (the Neonate Emergency Transport Service) attached to the Royal Womens Hospital. Donations such as subsidised fuel costs and such like also help, probably the best saving is that the any profit margin is saved back into the operation and help in fact subsidise the cost to the State Government and thus the Taxpayer .... and in this case the health and wellbeing of future taxpayers.
This has all been argued here before and seems to keep coming up because someone seems to have too much time on their hands and tries to "relight" a personal "bushfire" .......
In the end ...... you either believe in the benefits to your society of trying to do good by utilising Charities or Philanthropic causes.... or you believe that you should make a doller out of everything.
I am for the former!
Cheers
