Yes, you did, I am sorry to say. Read carefully, and you will find it. I am not at home, so I don't have access to his site at the moment, so I can't post an excerpt. Sorry. But it does say it in the exceptions to the continent entry or exit. From memory (which probably proves how pathetic I am), it says something to the affect of

Exception:
Between Europe and Southwest Pacific if direct flight (one flight number) or transit without stopover.

Basically the difference is that you can either use the direct flight by Qantas or BA, or you can use Cathay or a combo, as long as its a transit (under 24h). I think most people would only use one airline, but you could actually use BA to Tokyo and QF to Sydney if you really wanted to. Why? I have no idea... Or if you wanted to try both BA and CX, you could take British to Hong Kong and Cathay to Sydney or Melbourne. And so on....