First veteran-trained PTSD assistance dog comes home to Canberra

Harley Dennett
Updated March 2 2021 - 7:31am, first published 3:00am
Ben Jones and Belle have been developed as a bonded team to face the world together. Picture: supplied
Ben Jones and Belle have been developed as a bonded team to face the world together. Picture: supplied

A local not-for-profit service that employs veterans to train psychiatric assistance dogs for other veterans has placed its first dog in Canberra after last year joining a federal veterans program.

Harley Dennett

Harley Dennett

Public Service Editor

Former federal politics bureau chief for the Canberra Times, via a career that's taken me from rural Victoria to Washington DC. Telling the stories of my local LGBTI community brought me to political journalism, where I've covered eight budgets, four national elections in two countries, Defence, public service and international governance.