He has implemented innovative behaviour modification strategies to help young people deal with a history of trauma, abuse and neglect.
[3] Riley makes frequent media appearances on behalf of YOTS, including a weekly radio segment broadcast on 2UE in Sydney and 2CC in Canberra.
[citation needed] In the decade from 2000 to 2009, Youth Off The Streets received $3.5 million in donations from the Australian gambling industry, particularly poker machines.
[4] Riley lobbied against the taxation of gambling, stating that "the Government won't fund services like mine and are now also attacking the revenues that we previously did have available."
"[5][6] In December 2011, it was revealed that Riley had lent his name in support of a campaign by Clubs Australia against proposed mandatory precommitment limits for poker machines.