Newspaper articles in season 4

In one of the lastish episodes of season 4, Blake is reading the local paper and on one page there was a story about the Chinese cancelling an agreement for importing Australian goods and costing the economy millions of dollars, on the opposite side there was a gossip story featuring Blakes wife living at the hotel and also about his relationship with the housekeeper.

Was the economy story linked to Blakes wife and the conclusion to the actual season and what happened with the death that occurred?

I paused the picture and read the articles