Honours
- Brady was invested as a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia for services to the Australian Crown in October 2011.
- On 30 April 2009, Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands, in her birthday honours list, awarded Brady the highest Dutch honour ever bestowed on an Australian, for his ambassadorial success in The Netherlands. He was later invested at the Dutch Embassy in Canberra by Ambassador Willem Andreae with the insignia of a Commander of the Royal Order of Orange-Nassau.
- During his visit to Australia, King George Tupou V of Tonga invested Brady as a Commander of the Order of the Crown.
- On 17 November 2010, the Governor-General, as Prior of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, conferred the Commander of the Order (CStJ) on Brady.
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