Old Akro - When you can find any spanner-wielder in Australia who only charges $85 hr - let me know where he is. He'll be suddenly overwhelmed with work - unless, of course, he produces a toolbox full of nothing but hammers and chisels.
Car dealerships are charging $100 hr minimum, and large numbers of repairers charge $120 hr.
With LAME's getting paid around AU$70 hr and AME's getting AU$60 hr, then the hourly rate needed for aircraft repair work would have to be around AU$140 hr, to cover all the business and employee expenses.