Perth Voice Interactive

Perth Liberal candidate and property tycoon “Dazzling” Darryl Moore is learning the hard way that what you post on the net stays on the net—forever.

It’s emerged this week that on a property investor website eight years ago he’d referred to tenants as “ferals” and “illiterate” and “whinging”.

Under the username “Dazzling” he’d noted that when it came to dealing with women he’d made it “a particular point to be extra tough”.

The comments were found by The Good Oil, a website run by ex-Liberal staffer Darren Brown. The Voice has since found more posts at other online property forums where Mr Moore jokingly referred to himself as a “slumlord”.

“I don’t suppose there’s a hotline number for landlords to call at the local Hells’ Angels chapter that anyone knows about ?” he’d mused.

“Any other landlords had success with non-conventional methods [of eviction]?”

Media shy of Jaymes Diazian proportions, Mr Moore elected not to answer questions directly about his views on women in business and troublesome tenants. Instead, Liberal HQ released a statement on his behalf that was not nearly as interesting as his posts.

“Eight years ago I contributed comments to an online property forum,” he says in the statement.

“Some of these comments were poorly worded and could be misinterpreted.”

He maintains he always abided by the law with tenants—who were commercial, not residential—including “when the rent was unpaid for several months”.

Perth Labor candidate Alannah MacTiernan reckons the Liberals fluffed their preselection for the seat: “Did they do their due diligence before they selected this guy?” she asks.

She says Mr Moore’s post “goes directly to his attitude towards fellow human beings” and she questions how he could represent areas like Maylands, with a large proportion of tenants.

by DAVID BELL