He was cautioned because Melbourne was low level, but it was still a breach.
I know its been mentioned a couple of times on this thread. but I can't see any news articles mentioning it. After kebabgate? Where did Stack fly after kebabgate? To Melb? or straight to Perth? After 100 days in Qld ~ not a hotspot. If he went home via Melb. and Melb was a hotspot. Why did WA not make do quarantine?
3rd breach is news to me. Where is the info on the one other than Gold Coast?
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Some time between Sept 4 when he's kicked out of Qld and early Dec Stack's breached WA's COVID rules? Intriguing that one. Slack biosecurity policing one day, 18 days jail the next. If true that Stack's already breached in WA, I'm astounded the WA govt would allow home quarantine. I'm more annoyed about the manager/club not being over his lack of legal representation. This is real negligence. I jokingly said get Richter over there but Peos/RFC should've been arranging best possible legal defence. I think read he had a legal aid lawyer. Stack may as well represented himself.
Stop trying to make it about Race, there are 5 people who have been locked up in WA for this breaking quarantine 4 of those are white , your comments are racist in the extreme
Answer myself: Stack's instagram has him in WA 5 weeks ago with p/trainer. Jackson Peos. Kudos to Paul for getting that training. Must've been back and forth to Melbourne after that Cos he trained back at Punt Road Dec 7. Then back to WA. Still can find no mention of a COVID breach.
Cautioned? With what for doing what? Seems strange that his breach was not worth a penalty.
Stack is locked up for leaving self quarantine to go to a party. Alongside a woman who worked as a medical professional treating people when she should have been in quarantine, and a man who repetedly left his quarantine hotel with a ladder to party and then return to the hotel, and a woman who smuggled past the border by hiding in a truck. Stacks behaviour was in no way acceptable, but is also nowhere near what those people did and he absolutely wouldn't be locked up without bail if he was white. You can't honestly say you think he is the first person to leave quarantine for a party.
Tbf, he probably doesn't know what it means. I don't. Probably just wore it cause he's like "Hur Hur I'm one of the 1% look how rich and cool I am". I'm pretty sure I've seen biker looking jackets at the Vic market. Same as all the people who wear t-shirts with the bad religion symbol on it thinking they're being edgy and provocative and not knowing anything about bad religion or what they stand for.
Rereading the thread to check about Stacks legal rep. "Duty lawyer" is legal aid. Poor from us and Peos that we weren't all over it.
Except that its 18 days.
Stack was using Peos bother/family member as fitness coach. PhD candidate.
Boy, maybe I should just keep my mouth shut.
Jason Mifsud shocked Sydney Stack is behind bars for COVID breach
Ex-AFL multicultural boss Jason Mifsud is still fuming over Sydney Stack’s imprisonment, saying juveniles should not be sent to jail for juvenile mistakes.
Marc McGowan, Nick Smart and Michael Warner
December 23, 2020 - 4:16PM
News Corp Australia Sports Newsroom
The AFL’s former multicultural boss has criticised the “unimaginative” decision to put Richmond’s Sydney Stack behind bars for his latest alleged COVID breach.
Stack will spend Christmas Day and beyond in a Perth prison until he faces court again on January 6, on top of mourning the recent passing of his grandfather, who was a significant figure in his life.
Jason Mifsud, previously the AFL’s head of diversity, told the Herald Sun he was vehemently against incarceration in these circumstances.
He separated the Christmas issue from the decision to jail Stack, but added he would struggle to be apart from his own family in the same situation.
“Of course, it’s Sydney Stack and he’s got profile, because he’s an AFL player – and that’s challenging and difficult and sad for its own particular reasons,” Mifsud said.
“But to Richmond’s credit, they’ve worked really hard with Sydney over the last couple of years and all things being equal, he’s been up for that challenge, although clearly there’s been some missteps.
“The primary question I’m raising is putting juveniles in prison for juvenile decisions.
“I just think it’s antiquated and an unnecessarily punitive decision that history will say doesn’t necessarily correct behaviour.”
Mifsud made it clear he was not apologising for Stack’s actions and agreed an appropriate punishment needed to be meted out.
“I wouldn’t be arguing there’s no consequence, because that’s what a civil society needs – a set of rules that helps guide and direct us,” he said.
“I’m not making excuses for his decision-making that’s seen him contravene the law, whether that’s the breach of the COVID restrictions and/or the alleged incident that he’s involved in.
“But what I do know is you should always support the person and challenge the behaviour.”
Sydney Stack is behind bars after an alleged second COVID quarantine breach. Picture: AAP
There’s been a range of opinions on what the Tigers should do, including Stack’s Western Australia under-18 coach Peter Sumich urging them not to sack him.
However, Mifsud was more concerned with Stack’s reaction, saying his grandfather’s death had “clearly” triggered some of the “unresolved trauma” in his life.
“There will be a place in time when there’s one too many mistakes for anyone to back you in,” Mifsud said.
“He absolutely owns his mistakes and his decisions, and that’s worth a lot for a young person’s character to do that … but for me the question is with Sydney.
“Sydney may well decide the AFL bubble is not for him and, like other young people who made that decision, we should applaud them.
“Or, he may decide that this is his growing-up moment and he’s going to make the necessary adjustments to fulfill his natural talent and the opportunity Richmond is affording him in their environment.”
Mifsud had earlier turned to Twitter in response to a media report that Stack would spend more than two weeks in a cell.
“If I’m reading this correctly, and Stack is in custody for breaching COVID-19 restrictions, how many other Australians have also been detained in custody for the same issue?” Mifsud wrote.
“This would be the first I’ve heard that someone has been detained in custody for breaking the restrictions and, now for some weeks as the system absurdly and ridiculously says Stack cannot be spoken with.”
Richmond is expected to stand by the 20-year-old despite his second indiscretion in recent months.
Stack caused a furore in September when he copped a 10-week ban after he left the Gold Coast AFL hub to go to a strip club in Surfers Paradise.
He and teammate Callum Coleman-Jones were later involved in a scuffle outside a kebab shop, with Stack briefly detained by police before being sent home from Queensland.
At the time Stack apologised for his costly COVID breach, saying he had let down plenty and could “do nothing now but own the consequences”.
Stack was expected to join the Tigers return to pre-season training on January 6 but will instead face court in Perth on that date instead.
He was remanded in custody on Monday after allegedly breaching COVID-19 self-quarantine orders, which was discovered when police intervened in a Perth street fight.
Stack had been given permission to return to Western Australia to attend his grandfather’s funeral.
He spent several days at his nominated address in Northam after the funeral, but moved to Belmont after a family argument.
AFL clubs and broadcasting boss Travis Auld on Monday called on players to follow the rules.
“I’m not sure if we have an official position just yet other than to say it’s important during this time, whether it’s a player, a staff member, a club member or member of our commission, there’s a set of rules you need to abide by,” Auld said.
“They apply to everyone and if you don’t abide by those rules there’ll be consequences, and I think that’s what is occurring at the moment.”
The police weren’t out looking for him they attended the fight in the street that he was a part of
