Along with the Australian FO's name being released in the Aussia media, they also varyingly mentioned he was either on loan from, or just simply ex-RedRat.
It'll be interesting as you have a local skipper involved as to where/if blame gets apportioned, as it seems you have similar affirmative action/local protections as seems to occur in HK.
A while ago, one of our local captains banged the tail out of AKL, and flew back to HK. A common thought emerged was that if it had been an expat, he'd have been out of a job, as it was, he retained his command, which surprised many having displayed questionable command ability.
An absolutely awesomely great job by your cabin crew, in the face of both surprise at what they were faced with, and the muppets collecting their baggage.