Queensland Revenue Office employee faces court charged with using position to withdraw traffic infringement notices

A senior Queensland public servant has been accused of using her position to erase traffic fines, and it’s not the first set of charges laid against her.

Rebecca Kay Slater is accused of using her position in the Queensland Revenue Office to withdraw multiple traffic infringement notices.

A senior public servant who already has charges against her, has been hit with further alleged offences, accused of using her position to erase traffic fines, a court has heard.

The fresh case against Queensland Revenue Office supervisor Rebecca Kay Slater, 43, was briefly heard for the first time in Brisbane Arrests Court on Wednesday.

The case was adjourned to Brisbane Magistrates Court on March 18 to join with “other related charges” being heard that day against Ms Slater, according to court documents.

The previous “other related charges” were not detailed during Wednesday’s mention.

The four new charges were laid on February 12 and include fraud, misconduct in public office, attempting to pervert the course of justice, and computer misuse.

Ms Slater has entered no pleas as yet.

It is alleged between June 21 and July 25, 2022, Ms Slater withdrew a traffic infringement notice for another person, who was named in court documents but for legal reasons The Courier-Mail has chosen not to identify.

Police allege the computer misuse occurred on July 24, 2022 and was also related to the withdrawal of a traffic infringement notice without the consent of the Revenue Office.

The allegations attached to the attempt to pervert the course of justice charge are that it occurred on “diverse dates between January 31, 2022 and January 27, 2023” and relates to “waiving traffic infringement notices” to avoid receiving the penalty.

It is alleged between June 21 and July 25, 2022 senior public servant Rebecca Kay Slater withdrew a traffic infringement notice for another person. Picture: Lyndon Mechielsen/The Australian

While this allegation specifies more than one traffic fine over a period of almost a year, no other people are named in court documents other than Ms Slater and another individual.

All alleged offences occurred at 1 William Street in Brisbane City – the state government’s public service headquarters, colloquially known as the Tower of Power.

Ms Slater was represented on Wednesday by prominent Brisbane criminal law firm, Fisher Dore Lawyers. She was granted bail on her own undertaking.

According to the State Government Gazette, Ms Slater previously worked for the Queensland Police Service and in April 2017 she was promoted to Infringement Services Manager with Road Policing Command, which came with a significant salary increase. Nobody within the Queensland Police Service is accused of any wrongdoing.

Queensland Treasury also confirmed in January that “several other” former and current Queensland Revenue Office employees had been referred to police for investigation. There is no suggestion these other investigations are related to Ms Slater’s charges.