Sunny, as you've been told 100,000 times, don't exagerate
If you want to see failed aviation regulators go to sub sahara Africa, plenty of "smoking" holes" there.
On asking people I socialise with about the Norfolk Island issue I got the following:
Two people thought that was where the refugees are going.
One had his holidays there in 1982 but hadn't heard anything about senate hearing
Several had seen 4 corners and reckoned that the pilot ran out of fuel by himself
Not much interest in the media either, only Crikey and aviation specific media have picked up at all.