Originally Posted by bisonrav

Late domestic with Qantas as the operating carrier and failure of airport special assistance suggests to me that the chances of compensation are slim to zero. It's possibly worth a punt, but I wouldn't be spending the money right now. Is it one connecting ticket all the way through to final destination, and have you updated the special assistance request to meet the Etihad flight?

Originally Posted by Dave Noble

I cannot see it likely that Qantas will pay up on EC261 for the domestic flight

Etihad is not a UK or EU carrier so is also outside the scope of EC261

I think that you will just have to accept the delay as an unfortunate outcome, but at least you got to fly Etihad home