Alan Oakley is the current editor of the Sydney Morning Herald. He was born in England and emigrated to Australia in 1985. ...

Notably, Oakley has challenged the popular conception for what football is, by calling soccer football, although prevoiusly the term football was used for the southern Australian code of football, Australian Rules Football. The popular use of the word football in Sydney, (as it has been for 140 years since the beginning of organised football), is rugby football, particuarly rugby league football. The Big Men Fly - high marking is a key skill and spectator attribute of Aussie Rules Precise field and goal kicking using the oval shaped ball is the most important skill in Aussie Rules Footy Australian rules football, also known as Australian football, Aussie rules, or simply football or footy... The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia with a metropolitan area population of over 4. ... Rugby football, often just referred to as rugby, refers to sports descended from a common form of football developed at Rugby School in England. ... Rugby league is a team sport played by two teams of 17 players, with 13 on the field at any one time and 4 on the bench (reserves). ...

Oakley previously held positions editing The Age in Melbourne, The Newcastle Herald and The Central Coast Sun Weekly.^[1] The Age is a broadsheet daily newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. ... Melbournes Yarra River is a popular area for walking, jogging, cycling, rowing and for relaxing on the banks with a picnic Melbourne (pronounced either or [1]) is the second most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 3. ... The Newcastle Herald (branded as The Herald) is a local newspaper published daily, Monday to Saturday, in Newcastle, New South Wales, the largest non-capital city in Australia. ...