 In 2006 Mellish also became a foreign correspondent for the "Australian Financial Review" in Indonesia, based at the publication's Jakarta bureau.Morgan Mellish was one of 3 Australians, 2 Americans and 16 Indonesians killed when Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 crashed at Yogyakarta airport on 7 March 2007.He was part of an advance party to cover the visit of the Foreign Minister of Australia, Alexander Downer.