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= Mitch Lewis = Mitchell James Lewis (born 30 April 1986) is a radio presenter with Nova 106.9 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, working predominantly with the station's #1 Breakfast show, Ash, Luttsy & Susie O'Neill.

Early Life
Lewis was born in Brisbane, Queensland. He is the son of Wally Lewis, a former Australian rugby league football captain and former sports presenter on Nine News Queensland, and Jacqueline Lewis. Lewis is the eldest of the pair's three children. Australian actor Lincoln Lewis is his younger brother and former Australian Water Polo representative Jamie-Lee is his younger sister. He attended St Anthony's Catholic Primary School in Alexandra Hills, Carmel College in Thornlands and later the Queensland School of Film & Television (QSFT). Mitch shares four children with his wife of ten years, Sarah.

Career
After receiving a taste of radio in late 2006 with a day of work experience at Nova 106.9's top-rating breakfast show Meshel, Ash & Kip with Luttsy, Mitch became a volunteer announcer at community station Bay FM in Thornlands, hosting an Australian Music program on Saturday afternoons and a contemporary music show on Monday nights.

Mitch officially joined Nova 106.9 in March 2008 as an assistant producer for Meshel, Ash & Kip with Luttsy. He later became the station's sports reporter in late 2009 on top of his producing role. In 2019, Lewis took over the role as the station's Digital Content Producer, covering promotions like 'Ash, Kip, Luttsy & Susie LIVE in San Francisco'.

As of 2023, Mitch hosts the Ash, Luttsy & Susie O'Neill "warm up" hour from 5am on Nova 106.9 and hosts daily segment 'Mitch On The Street' while continuing his sports news presenting.

Outside of radio, Mitch is a long-running ground announcer at Brisbane Broncos home games in the NRL.

Get Into Geek
In his early years at Nova 106.9, Lewis co-created and hosted 'Get Into Geek', a weekly short-form video series on the station's website alongside colleague Dane McGuirk where the two would discuss the biggest news in pop culture. Later, Get Into Geek would transfer to an audio platform to become a podcast.

'Get Into Geek' officially launched as a podcast with a review of 2015's Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens. Mitch hosted alongside brother Lincoln, Nova colleague Matt Gibson and "The Gibson Brothers" Brendan and Rhys. Original co-founder Dane McGuirk would later return for casual appearances while other regular and guest hosts include the names Ben, Terri, Scott Couchman, Joz, Emma, Tom, Leon and Craig.

Get Into Geek has continued on with movie reviews, as well as dedicated programs On Your Left talking Marvel; It's All Part Of The Plan discussing DC content; Across The Galaxy talking all things Star Wars; Star Trek show Making It So, 24 rewatch show 24 In 24 as well as Trailer Trash which discussed the biggest trailers of the week from movies, television and gaming and a "cult classics" series when Get Into Geek hosted two seasons of Event Cinemas' In The House festival. Interviews with Hollywood stars such as Steve Carell, Tom Holland and Andy Serkis have also featured on the show.

Get Into Gate
In mid-2016, the Get Into Geek team launched an official spinoff - Get Into Gate - a dedicated Stargate show that launched in line with Stargate SG-1's nineteenth anniversary.

According to the story told in their first episode, Rhys was "sick of being left out" of the in-jokes and Stargate references that long-term fans Mitch, Lincoln, Matt and brother Brendan would throw around during their Get Into Geek time together.

'Get Into Gate' is a "first watch/rewatch" podcast, with Rhys sharing his thoughts on the show for the first time, while the rest of the team do so with nostalgia and a modern look at the iconic 1990's sci-fi series.

The podcast release weekly episodes, however the COVID-19 pandemic saw the team forced out of their usual studio in early 2020 and instead recorded remotely from the hosts' respective homes. Episode releases were reduced to monthly until the end of 2022, when the team reunited in person for their 200th Episode. The milestone episode also saw the surprise return of Rhys, who had been missing from the show since the beginning of the pandemic, though his return was promised as only a "once-off".

TV
In 2011, Lewis began a stint as casual Sports News Presenter for Nine News in Brisbane, Queensland that lasted multiple years.

From 2013-2016, Lewis hosted 'Broncos Insider', a sports/lifestyle program with the Brisbane Broncos NRL club that aired on Channel 9 in Queensland.

Personal Life
Mitch is married to Sarah, whom he met in Amsterdam on a European Contiki holiday in 2009. The pair became in engaged in 2011 and married in Sarah's home city of Geelong, Victoria in May 2013. The couple share four children.