Steven John Miles (born 15 November 1977) is an Australian politician who was the 40th premier of Queensland, in office for 10 months from 2023 to 2024.

Miles was appointed to state cabinet after the 2015 election victory and replaced Jackie Trad as Annastacia Palaszczuk's deputy in 2020.

His father worked as a fitter at the Golden Circle cannery at Northgate and his mother was a workplace health and safety inspector.

[6] 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".

[13][14] As Environment Minister, Miles announced Queensland's first container deposit scheme to improve recycling of can and bottles, which began operating in 2018.

[4] In December 2023, following Palaszczuk's resignation, Miles announced he would be a candidate to succeed her as state premier and ALP leader in Queensland.

[21] Miles' initial priorities as premier included addressing cost of living pressures, legislating stronger climate and emissions reductions targets, and reducing youth crime.

[22][23][24] The Miles Government introduced a package of measures in 2024 to ease cost of living pressures including: The cost of living measures were funded by the State Government's progressive coal royalties regime, which provided an additional $9.4 billion in revenue to Queensland since it was introduced in 2022.

[54][55] At the 2024 Queensland state election, Labor was defeated, losing 15 seats with a 7% two-party-preferred swing towards the Liberal National Party (LNP).

[58] He conceded defeat to Crisafulli at a press conference the next day after the election was called in the LNP's favour, having won a majority.