Penguin,
It's not the flying training organisations job to own and maintain navaids. They are part of the infrastructure that provides a stream of pilots to the airlines, RFDS, Air Ambulance etc. Bit like roads, providing the infrastructure to facilitate business and social outcomes.
I'm in the states at the moment, have done quite a bit of GA flying this trip. The airways system here is the complete opposite to what's occurring in Australia. Australians have been brainwashed into thinking that 'user pays' is a fair & equitable system. It may be for some things but for infrastructure that the whole community benefits from whether it's direct or indirect, it's not.