Steven Miles (politician)

**Steven John Miles** (born 15 November 1977) is an Australian politician. He became the Premier of Queensland in December 2023 after Annastacia Palaszczuk resigned. Before that he was the Deputy Premier of Queensland from May 2020. He has been the member for Murrumba in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2017, and formerly represented Mount Coot-tha from 2015 to 2017. He has also served as Queensland's Minister for Health and Ambulance Services since 2017. Miles is a member of the Labor Party.

Miles spent three years in the Environment portfolio, While there, he introduced a ban on single use plastic bags and a cash for container refund scheme. He also created new environmental laws that made sure mining companies cleaned up their mines and he improved Queensland’s climate change initiatives. As the first Minister for the Great Barrier Reef, Miles secured record funding for projects that clean up the reef.

Before entering Parliament in 2015, Miles worked as a senior advisor to government, as a senior campaigner for Together and United Voice, and co-founded national parent advocacy organisation, The Parenthood before starting his own communications business.

Miles was born in Brisbane, Queensland. His wife is named Kim. They have three children. As of 2018, he lives in the Moreton Bay Region suburb of Mango Hill.

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- **office1**: Queensland Legislative Assembly, Member of the Legislative Assembly
- **term start1**: 25 November 2017
- **constituency1**: Electoral district of Murrumba, Murrumba
- **predecessor1**: Chris Whiting
- **term start2**: 31 January 2015
- **term end2**: 25 November 2017
- **predecessor2**: Saxon Rice
- **successor2**: Seat abolished
- **constituency2**: Electoral district of Mount Coot-tha, Mount Coot-tha


## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Steven Miles
- **honorific-prefix**: The Honourable
- **honorific-suffix**: Legislative Assembly of Queensland, MP
- **image**: Steven Miles official portrait (cropped).jpg
- **office**: Leader of the Opposition (Queensland), Leader of the Opposition in Queensland
- **premier**: David Crisafulli
- **deputy**: Cameron Dick
- **term start**: 28 October 2024
- **predecessor**: David Crisafulli
- **office1**: 40th Premier of Queensland
- **monarch1**: Charles III
- **governor1**: Jeannette Young
- **deputy1**: Cameron Dick
- **term start1**: 15 December 2023
- **term end1**: 28 October 2024
- **predecessor1**: Annastacia Palaszczuk
- **successor1**: David Crisafulli
- **office2**: Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch)#Parliamentary leaders, Leader of the Labor Party in Queensland
- **deputy2**: Cameron Dick
- **term start2**: 2023 Queensland Labor Party leadership election, 15 December 2023
- **predecessor2**: Annastacia Palaszczuk
- **office3**: Deputy Premier of Queensland
- **premier3**: Annastacia Palaszczuk
- **term start3**: 11 May 2020
- **term end3**: 15 December 2023
- **predecessor3**: Jackie Trad
- **successor3**: Cameron Dick
- **office4**: Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch)#Parliamentary leaders, Deputy Leader of the Labor Party in Queensland
- **term start4**: 11 May 2020
- **term end4**: 15 December 2023
- **leader4**: Annastacia Palaszczuk
- **predecessor4**: Jackie Trad
- **successor4**: Cameron Dick
- **office5**: Minister for State Development, Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning
- **term start5**: 13 November 2020
- **term end5**: 18 December 2023
- **premier5**: Annastacia Palaszczuk
 Himself
- **predecessor5**: Kate Jones (State Development)
Cameron Dick (Infrastructure and Planning)
Stirling Hinchliffe (Local Government)
- **successor5**: Grace Grace (as Minister for State Development and Infrastructure)
 Meaghan Scanlon (as Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government)
- **office6**: Queensland Health, Minister for Health and Ambulance Services
- **term start6**: 12 December 2017
- **term end6**: 12 November 2020
- **premier6**: Annastacia Palaszczuk
- **predecessor6**: Cameron Dick
- **successor6**: Yvette D'Ath
- **office7**: Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (Queensland), Minister for National Parks, The Great Barrier Reef and Environment and Heritage Protection
- **term start7**: 16 February 2015
- **term end7**: 11 December 2017
- **premier7**: Annastacia Palaszczuk
- **predecessor7**: Andrew Powell (politician), Andrew Powell (Environment and Heritage Protection)
Steve Dickson (National Parks)
- **successor7**: Leeanne Enoch
- **birth place**: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- **party**: Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch), Labor
- **spouse**: Kim McDowell
- **children**: 3
- **residence**: Mango Hill, Queensland, Australia
- **signature**: Steven Miles signature 2018.svg