Don't forget if you go to the West there is a lot of things the Government doesn't pay for. Take accidents pretty much anywhere outside of metropolitan Perth for example. It will be a VOLUNTEER Ambulance officer who will turn up to cut you out of your vehicle rollover or pick you up at home after your heart attack. Volunteers, and yet they provide the primary response care to patients. Unthinkable in some other places.
Bushy, to a certain extent I agree, if the Government paid for EVERYTHING, there would be no need for RFDS and the likes to take donations. But the fact is there is not enough money going around and I rather like the thought of RFDS putting all the money where it is needed rather than lining someone/s pockets as would be the case with a commercial operator, who doesn't go into business to break even.