Despite representing a New South Wales seat, he continued to live in Melbourne, but built up a strong support base in Hume.

In 1928, Moloney fell gravely ill with appendicitis, and was operated on by his fellow MP, Earle Page.

Despite many continuing exploits, including preparing for the Imperial Economic Conference of 1932, to be held at Ottawa, Canada, Moloney lost his seat in the conservative landslide of 1931.

With former colleague Richard Keane, he managed to buy two old mining dumps near Bendigo, which were sold to Collins House for £3000.

Although he gradually moved away from the ALP, he certainly never joined the DLP and in fact, disagreed with many of the policies of the Democratic Labor Party.

Chairman of the Victorian Dried Fruits Board from 1936 to 1957, he was only able to retire after Prime Minister Robert Menzies ensured he would be provided with a pension.