With Cyclone Jasper looming over Queensland Steven Miles opts for an unfamiliar new tone

Having built a public reputation as a wisecracking political warrior, the premier designate is attempting to show he’s up to the task

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At his first press conference as Queensland’s premier-in-waiting, Steven Miles came across as a man fighting his own instincts.

Miles, who built a public reputation as a wisecracking political warrior, spoke about the approaching Tropical Cyclone Jasper and his plans for government with little emotion or animation.

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