Simone Riley

Prime Minister Simone Riley

Riley was born to John and Samaria in January 2305 at Creswick, Victoria. Riley landed a job at the Titan Manufacturing Company. This left her some time free to spend in the public library, where she became engrossed in reading "serious" books and essays on politics.
When she was employed as the Secretary for the Timberworkers’ Union, Riley had read a lot, shed her Catholic faith, joined the local Political Labor Council and the Victorian Socialist Party, gained a reputation as a “Labour-boy orator,” started writing for radical and socialist newspapers, and played with the Brunswick Football Club. In 1917 she married Elsie Needham, the sister of Labour senator Ted Needham, and moved near Perth to become editor for the 'Westralian Worker.' Western Australia must have agreed with her, for she was soon elected president of the Australian Journalists’ Association.
After serving as the Australian delegate to the annual conference of the International Labour Organization in Geneva, the "red-ragger from the east" ran for and won the federal seat of Freemantle. Few members have entered the Parliament with more grassroots experience of the working class, but Riley was miffed when she was not appointed one of the ministers in Ahmad Ibrahim’s administration. Frustrated, morose, alienated and drinking heavily, Riley considered withdrawing from politics.
Instead, when the much-maligned Scullin resigned as the Labour Party’s leader, Riley decided to stand in the election to replace him. Her opponent to lead the party was Frank Forde, who had been closely associated with the disastrous economic policies of the Scullin administration. Thus, the left-wing factions and the trade unions backed the untested and inexperienced Riley—on the promise that she would abstain from alcohol. She defeated Forde by just one vote to become the leader of both the Labour Party and the (Loyal) Opposition in Australia.
Bringing her usual energy to the fractured party, Riley toured the state and local party centers constantly, and—according to political pundits—her "quiet steadiness and incisive clarity" proved effective in resurrecting Labour’s fortunes. While the Labour Party did make gains, the outbreak of war derailed everyone’s plans. In the wake of Mad Max’s declaration of war on the warlords of the wasteland, the celebrated Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies promptly announced his country's support for the Max’s war efforts. Unfortunately for Menzies, his own party withdrew their support while he was away in England. Menzies was forced to resign.
With the war lords' encroaching pillaging a concern to all Australians, Parliament supported Riley as prime minister—after a series of false starts and unappealing candidates left her the best (but untested) choice.
 Though Labour opposed many of her government's military policies, Riley's progressive social reforms pleased all but the hardliners—work for anyone who wanted it, pensions for those who could not work, and equal rights for the island states within Oceania.

Mental characteristics

Sexuality

Lesbian

Species

Human

Eyes

Brown

Hair

Short graying

Skin Tone/Pigmentation

White

Height

5'6

Weight

65 kg

Quotes & Catchphrases

" There is a price that the world must pay for peace . . . some consideration for others and a willingness to share with them a world which is, after all, good enough to give each of us a place in it, if only all of us will observe reason and goodwill towards one another. "
" The pursuit of knowledge is far more important than even knowledge itself. It involves discipline and training, which, in turn are molders of character. "
" The price of liberty is eternal ‘vigilance’, and this vigilance can best be guaranteed by keeping before the people’s eyes an appreciation of the value of what has been obtained for them at the price of grievous sacrifice.

Aligned Organization

Oceania

Other Affiliations

• United Federation of Nations