Deirdre Grusovin

Deirdre Grusovin was a member of the New South Wales Parliament for twenty five years. Initially she was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council in 1978 and remained in office until 1990. During this time she was appointed Minister for Consumer Affairs and Assistant Minister for Health 1986-88 and Minister for Small Business 1987-88.

In 1990 she ran in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for a Heffron by-election and was again successful. She was re-elected in 1991, 1995 and 1999, retiring in 2003.

She was born Deirdre Brereton on 1 September 1938 in Sydney, and is the sister of influential Australian politician Laurie Brereton.

Grusovin was involved in a contentious dispute with Kristina Keneally and threatened to take her case to the Supreme Court, but ultimately stepped aside and Keneally succeeded her in 2003.

Grusovin received a letter of support from her one-time nemesis, the notorious John Marsden (lawyer) despite their disagreements due to Marsden's objection to Keneally's ties to Opus Dei, although Grusovin and Marsden were also Catholic (see [1]). Keneally denied, in writing, the allegations of any such Opus Dei ties.