Annastacia Palaszczuk’s annointed successor, Steven Miles, likely to face challenge, say Queensland Labor MPs

While deputy premier is considered the frontrunner, suggestions his two rivals may team up would make vote incredibly close'

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Senior Queensland Labor figures say they expect a contested ballot for the party leadership, despite attempts to rally support behind the deputy premier, Steven Miles, to avoid a messy contest to succeed Annastacia Palaszczuk.

Miles declared his intention to run for the Labor leadership on Sunday, just hours after Palaszczuk announced she would retire from politics and endorsed him as her successor.

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