Deakin
A Deakin University history expert says a crowd-constrained Anzac Day in 2021 brings to mind the impact of the Spanish Flu pandemic more than a century ago and could lead to a deeper consideration of how wars are fought on the battlefields as well as the home-front.
Dr Bart Ziino, a senior history lecturer in Deakin’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences, said a pandemic-affected Anzac Day in 1919 reminds us that a quieter day allows for greater reflection on how wars had been fought and endured both on the battlefields and in Australian homes.
“Anzac Day 1919 – as in 2021 – was a restricted affair, cruelled but not cowed by the persistent threat of the global Spanish flu pandemic that had already caused hundreds of deaths in Australia and millions worldwide,” Dr Ziino said.
Friday, 11 December, 2020 - 12:01
A new study has found that arming police does not keep the community safer and, in fact, increases the risk of fatal shootings of civilians.
Researchers from Deakin’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences compared four international jurisdictions: Canada and Australia (where police are routinely armed) and England/Wales and New Zealand (where police are not usually armed), finding those countries where police officers routinely carry guns were no safer for the public or for police.
Senior lecturer in Criminology, Dr Clare Farmer, said communities where police are routinely armed experience greater use of firearms by police and higher numbers of fatal police shootings of civilians.