The RFDS, said
bushy:
... should not be tendering for government contracts, because they have a significant financial advantage and can drag prices down, resulting in an impoverished industry.
Err ... make that "drag prices UP". The RFDS is a high quality operation and quality costs money. The RFDS, in fact, is
the highest quality operation (and therefore most expensive).
This would, no doubt, be the reason they lost the contract. The Vic government would be of the belief that the less expensive option, although of a lesser quality, would still be satisfactory.