Paul Anthony Filing (born 20 December 1955) is an Australian former politician. Born in

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, he was a police officer and company manager in Australia before entering politics. From 1987 to 1989, he was Campaign Co-ordinator for the

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. In 1990, he was elected to the

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as the Liberal member for

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, defeating sitting

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member

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. He served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition,

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and Opposition Deputy Whip. In April 1995, he was defeated for Liberal preselection to contest Moore at the next election, as part of "a bitter power struggle in the WA branch involving Senator

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". He resigned from the party on 18 June 1995 to become an

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, although he stated he would continue to vote with the Coalition. He contested and won the seat of Moore as an independent in that election. His vote dropped dramatically in 1998 and he was eliminated on the fourth count, when

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regained the seat for the Liberals. After leaving politics, Filing owned and operated

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mortgage broking franchise stores at

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, Currambine,

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, Midland,

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, Gosnells and Kalamunda in

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's metropolitan area. In 2018, Filing was appointed president of

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in Western Australia and was One Nation's lead Western Australian senate candidate at the

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