our new 40th Premier
Steven John Miles, born on November 15, 1977, is an Australian politician who is set to become the 40th Premier of Queensland, Australia[1][4]. He has been serving as the Deputy Premier of Queensland since May 2020 and has been a Labor member for Murrumba in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2017[1]. Prior to this, he represented Mount Coot-tha from 2015 to 2017[1]. Miles' political career began when he unsuccessfully ran for the Federal seat of Ryan in 2010[7]. He later became a senior policy advisor to the Queensland Treasurer and Deputy Premier on Trade and Economic Development matters[7]. He was elected in the 2015 state election and was sworn in as Minister for Environment and Heritage Protection and Minister for National Parks and the Great Barrier Reef in the First Palaszczuk Ministry[1]. After winning re-election in 2017, he was promoted to Health Minister[6]. In 2020, he became the Deputy Premier and Minister for State Development[7]. His responsibilities ha...