"Shadenfreud" an untranslateable German word whose closest approach is "guilty pleasure" or as Lord Annan said "The feeling experienced by a poor man who has no car when he sees two brand new Mercedes Benz crash in front of him".
Good on yas Qantas! As you sow so shall you reap. Do you think you can send out a crew from HM to do temporary repairs, then fly it back to Sydney and fix it permanently? Not any more!
Do you have the expertise in structural engineering to design the repair? Perhaps not? Do you have the skilled sheet metal trades. Not any more.
Furthermore, every heavy maintenance organisation knows what its going to cost you to have this aircraft sittting idle and will charge you top dollar.
Translation: All your "savings" from sacking heavy maintenance have just evaporated.