Five stealing charges against Karen Donnet- Jones were dropped by a magistrate in August.

Yesterday Tasmania Police did not oppose an application for costs by Ms Donnet-Jones.

"We have reviewed the file and acknowledge that the action to charge Ms Donnet- Jones was inappropriate," Southern District Commander Peter Edwards said in a statement released after the decision.

"We have today consented to an order for costs. We will conduct a further review of the file to ensure that we identify all shortcomings and provide guidance for future investigations."

Ms Donnet-Jones's lawyer, Roland Browne, said it was rare for costs orders to be made.

"It's even rarer for the prosecution to consent to them being made," he said.

Ms Donnet-Jones said that although the charges were first laid in August last year, she had been threatened by the organisation that charges would be laid as early as January 2009.

"It's been two years of my life that's gone into fighting this," she said.

"Someone's made up allegations against me, they've gone to police and they've just gone along with it."

It had been alleged that Ms Donnet-Jones used the organisation's credit card to buy personal items.

She said the money spent on the case against her was "the real crime" and that non-government organisations should be made more accountable.

She is hoping to resume her career in the human services field, which she said she was very passionate about.

"I'm just really sad that I can't do any more in the area of sexual assault," she said.

She is also calling on the service to apologise.

Ms Donnet-Jones said she had applied to the Anti-Discrimination Tribunal to hear her case against service board members.