Casper, despite AO being set up with QF pilots and QF aeroplanes that the week before had been operating to 180 min ETOPS, AO only ever got 120 minute ETOPS out of CASA.
Why should J* be granted something that AO was not?
In answer to the other question about why it took 14 months to get full 180 minute ETOPS for the QF A330's I believe it was due to them being a unique airframe/engine combination.