Steven Miles
Steven John Miles (born 15 November 1977) is an Australian politician who is the 40th and current premier of Queensland, in office since 2023. He is the state leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and previously served as deputy premier from 2020 to 2023.
For other people, see Steven H. Miles and Stephen Miles (disambiguation).
Steven Miles
Annastacia Palaszczuk
Himself
Annastacia Palaszczuk
Himself
Kate Jones (State Development)
Cameron Dick (Infrastructure and Planning)
Stirling Hinchliffe (Local Government)
Grace Grace (as Minister for State Development and Infrastructure)
Meaghan Scanlon (as Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government)
Annastacia Palaszczuk
Annastacia Palaszczuk
Andrew Powell (Environment and Heritage Protection)
Steve Dickson (National Parks)
Seat abolished
15 November 1977
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Mango Hill, Queensland, Australia[1]
Miles was born in Brisbane and completed a PhD on the trade union movement at the University of Queensland. Prior to entering parliament he worked as a union official, political adviser, and public relations consultant. He was elected to parliament at the 2015 Queensland state election, initially representing the seat of Mount Coot-tha before switching to Murrumba at the 2017 election. Miles was appointed to state cabinet after the 2015 election victory and replaced Jackie Trad as Annastacia Palaszczuk's deputy in 2020. He succeeded Palaszcuk as ALP leader and premier unopposed following her retirement in December 2023.
Early life[edit]
Miles was born in Brisbane on 15 November 1977. He attended St Paul's Anglican School, Bald Hills.[2] He went on to complete the degrees of Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at the University of Queensland.[3] Miles' PhD thesis was titled "Trade Union Renewal in Australia: rebuilding worker involvement".[4]
Miles was a co-founder and managing director of Reveille Strategy, a public relations agency working with progressive organisations to "mobilise for campaigns and trumpet their message to the community".[5] Prior to his election to parliament he also worked as an adviser to state treasurer Andrew Fraser and as industrial relations director of state public sector union Together.[6][7]
Personal life[edit]
Miles has three children with his wife Kim McDowell.[20] Miles supports the Brisbane Broncos.[21]