Steven Miles can be confirmed as Queensland’s fortieth Premier this Friday.
It comes lower than per week after his predecessor Annastacia Palaszczuk’s shock resignation.
His elevation to the highest job caps a meteoric rise for Mr Miles, who has tried to reform himself from Labor’s chief assault canine to a extra disciplined and diplomatic chief.
Mr Miles famously ripped up a $30 million bill for lodge quarantine payments racked up by Queenslanders arriving again into Australia in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Miles has served because the Deputy Premier of Queensland since Could 2020, the position which is now being stuffed by Treasurer Cameron Dick.
