ABS
It is the ABS hiding the cost of the servers they requested to process the Census data.
They can cancel that now as they don't have any data to process...
Someone has successfully applied to hide data on CPU and/or server imports to Australia in June 2016. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' new Confidential Commodities List for July 2016 lists “Digital processing units whether or not presented with the rest of the system which may contain storage units, input units or output …
Alibaba has announced plans to expand in Australia this year.
http://www.afr.com/technology/alibaba-reveals-how-australia-fits-into-world-domination-plans-20160717-gq7f73
http://www.news.com.au/finance/business/retail/the-worlds-biggest-online-shopping-company-is-on-its-way-to-australia/news-story/8fb1fc0d05a2781ab22c9c546ccdeaa1
Also, with Equinix SY4 opening soon, and Microsoft having 'capacity' issues in Azure in Australia recently, possibly they are pre-loading the halls with their 880 server clusters?
http://www.equinix.com.au/locations/australia-colocation/sydney-data-centers/sy4/
The full description, from the linked ABS document is:
"Processing units (excl. processing units for personal computers & those of 8471.41 & 8471.49) whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input and output units"
8471.41 and 8471.49 according to [1] have ANZSPCs of 45200.10.10, 45200.10.90, 45200.20.10 and 45200.20.90, which according to [2], represent:
- Mainframe, mini- and super- computers
- Other multiple-user computer hardware
- Desktop computers (PCs)
- Other personal computers
TL;DR: A quick Google could have shown anyone who cared to look that the granted restrictions explicitly exclude "CPU and/or server sales".
[1]: http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/0/4A0A6AEB68EACF76CA256A6A001B7EDA?opendocument
[2]: http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/0/7A227A665A44E625CA256A6A001B7F10?opendocument