lˈoʊni bɪɡˈæn hɪz pəlˈɪɾɪkəl kɚɹˈɪɹ ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti tˈuː æz ɐ ʃˈædoʊ mˈɪnɪstɚ bᵻfˌoːɹ sˈɜːvɪŋ ɔnðə vɪktˈoːɹiən pˈɑːɹləmənts pˈʌblɪk ɐkˈaʊnts ænd ˈɛstᵻməts kəmˈɪɾi ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti sˈɛvən tˈuː θˈaʊzənd θɹˈiː.
Loney began his political career in 1992 as a shadow minister before serving on the Victorian Parliament's Public Accounts and Estimates Committee in 1997–2003.