Institute of Public Administration Australia (ACT) Limited

Bradley Creevey (Brad) is a Assistant Coordinator General in the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), and the Australian Government lead for the National Public Safety Mobile Broadband (PSMB) Taskforce. 

• The PSMB is a prioritised national mobile data service for Public Safety Agencies (PSAs) that will strengthen public safety across all emergency services across Australia.
• A multi-jurisdictional workforce, The PSMB taskforce was established in August 2023 to design, fund and deliver the PSMB capability.

With over 25 years’ experience in multi-agency, enterprise and national technology programs, Brad’s expertise is in delivering national capability programs to support the operations of first responders and Public Safety Agencies, supporting the broader Australian community.

Brad was the NEMA lead on the AusAlert program in 2021 to 2023 and has recently taken responsibility for the operational implementation of the AusAlert capability following the successful AusAlert National Test on 27 July 2026. He continues to work with all jurisdictions to achieve national uptake and operational use of this new public safety communications capability.

Brad’s public service career commenced in 1999 when he joined the Department of Immigration (now Home Affairs). He has worked in law enforcement and enterprise IT roles until he joined Emergency Management Australia/NEMA in 2021.  Since joining NEMA, Brad has led the establishment of the Operational Capability Branch including national capability programs.