There are plenty of people who will claim to be SAR experienced and SAR capable - only to be caught out when the chips are down...
And that S92 SAR crew in Ireland who were plenty experienced and SAR capable still got caught out, and caught out in a routine aspect of what they normally are required to do. My point being, the experience being asked for to crew these S92 in Australia doesn't make sense when crew of this level of experience are still having CFIT accidents in serviceable helicopters. Precluding Australian pilots for these jobs based on there not being Australian pilots who have the "right" numbers in their logbook doesn't make sense. Unless it's cheaper for the operator to hire foreign pilots to improve their margin on a contract that they bid low on. Then it becomes a question of Industrial legality.