Matt Okine reveals journey from Brisbane to Triple J breakfast Matt Okine (left) is set to join Alex Dyson on Triple J's breakfast show. Triple J's new breakfast co-host is a former Brisbane boy, who remains fond of the city's western suburbs. "Indro represent!" joked comedian Matt Okine after being thrown the old favourite "Where did you grow up?" question. "I started in Indooroopilly, moved to Toowong for a while, and even when I moved out of home I lived in Milton," he said. My best friend lived out at Brookfield, so I was just Moggill Road from one end to the other. The 28-year-old stand-up is excited about joining Triple J breakfast with Alex Dyson from January 13. He replaces Tom Ballard, who's leaving the show after four years to focus on his own comedy career. "After four years of being with Tom, I'm going to make sure he [Dyson] is not just expecting this to be the same old ride," Okine said. Oh, that's what you're going to quote aren't you... I'm going to end up sounding mean to Tom! Okine's comedy career began in 2004, when he entered and won the Queensland section of the Raw Comedy Competition. After being runner-up in the national final, he finished his fine arts degree at QUT, did acting gigs on the Gold Coast and worked on his material before moving to Sydney in 2007. Listeners can expect more than just one Okine, with Matt citing his Ghanian dentist father Mack as the first celebrity in the family. "He used to promote music in Brisbane," he said. He had a nightclub called Club Afro-Carib at St Paul's Tavern... They used to put on food and he'd do cooking segments on Brisbane Extra... he was a little local celeb, my Dad. Okine plans to use his Bob Marley-loving father in the breakfast show's regular segment where the presenters' dads review an album. "Absolutely I'm going to make him listen to music," Okine said. ..."People are going to have to get used to his pretty thick African accent." 2013 has been a boom year for the comedian, who received critical acclaim for his solo show Broken Diamond, and even a best newcomer nomination at his first Edinburgh Fringe Festival. He's also been a guest host on Triple J and is one of the presenters of SBS's live football commentary show Thursday FC. Okine admits the routine of breakfast radio will restrict some of his touring, but has committed to national festivals including the Brisbane Comedy Festival in February/March. "The comedy scene in Brisbane is definitely getting stronger... at the time I left there was only two clubs really to do it," he said. I still love coming back to Brisbane ...now I savour it more as a place where I can go to get away and go see all my friends and family and the places I loved growing up.