Frank Zumbo has told a court it was confusion and a cultural misunderstanding that caused him to demand a hug and a “thank you kiss” from a young female staff member to whom he had given an envelope full of cash as a birthday present.
Zumbo and the woman, who worked in the office of the then federal MP Craig Kelly, were alone in a car, in a car park, beneath Tom Uglys Bridge late at night after a dinner.