lol this was in reply to the no entrapment laws comment. Not in regards to using that excuse to get out of a speeding ticket
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rp/2001-02/02rp12.htm
"Controlled Operations
It is often thought that convictions cannot be obtained by 'entrapment'. In Ridgeway v. Queen the High Court clarified this misconception, rejecting the suggestion that there was a substantive defence of 'entrapment' in the common law,(84) but confirming that evidence obtained by criminal inducement could be ruled inadmissible as a matter of public policy.(85) As a result most jurisdictions passed statutory 'controlled operations' regimes.(86)
Under the Crimes Act 1914 law enforcement officers are protected from civil and criminal liability arising from conduct undertaken in a 'controlled operation' for the prosecution of a 'serious Commonwealth offence'. To be protected, the officer must act in accordance with a controlled operations certificate and must not intentionally induce a person to commit an offence that they would not otherwise have intended to commit. An authorised officer may issue a 'controlled operation' certificate if he or she is satisfied, among other things, that the controlled operation is justified and there are limits or controls on the extent of unlawful activity, possession of illicit goods or harm to others.(87) Controlled operations are subject to some ministerial and parliamentary scrutiny.(88)
'Serious Commonwealth offences' include crimes subject to 3 or more years imprisonment that involve money laundering, armament dealings, espionage, sabotage, threats to national security, misuse of computer or electronic communications and importation of prohibited imports or exportation of prohibited exports. They also include offences subject to 3 or more years imprisonment that involve 'violence' or 'terrorism'.(89)"