margin to just 1.2 per cent and raises questions about Steven Miles's long-term leadership. Queensland Opposition Leader Steven Miles has secured a temporary reprieve after the Australian Labor Party narrowly held the Brisbane electorate of Stafford in a crucial by-election. Labor candidate Luke Richmond won the traditionally safe seat, but the result was accompanied by a 4.1 per cent two-party preferred swing to the Liberal National Party of Queensland. The outcome means Mr Miles is expected to remain Labor leader for now, avoiding what could have been a serious internal challenge had the party lost. However, the reduced margin — now just 1.2 per cent — has intensified debate within Labor over strategy and whether Mr Miles is the right person to lead the party into the 2028 Queensland election. Stafford has historically been a strong Labor seat, having remained in the party's hands at every state election this century except during the 2012 landslide victory of former premier Campbell Newman. While the by-election result preserves Labor's hold, it highlights growing electoral pressure in key metropolitan areas of Brisbane.