In iCal can't assign .ICS calendar event to non-"on my mac" calendars

In apple mail, I click on the the .ICS file [sent by windows outlook user] and can see that it is added into iCal. Great, as expected.
However, if I right click on this event, under "calendars" I can only assign it to either "home" or "work" i.e. those same calendars that show up under the "on my mac" section, top left of iCal - no other calendars show up
When I select different events already in the calendar (and not added using .ICS files), I can see more calendars, namely those added from gmail
e.g. [email protected]
        = vacation
        = work
        = training
      [email protected]
       = bookings
       = vacation
these are the same ones which appear under the 'on my mac' section
How can I assign this .ICS event to one of my gmail calendars?
anyone know how to fix this?

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