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'Changed Me': Deputy Leader Back After Cancer Fight
Prue Car returns after seven months off for breast cancer treatment, expressing gratitude to her medical team and supporters while reaffirming commitment to NSW education reforms.
- On February 2, 2026, NSW Deputy Premier Prue Car will return to work, ending a seven-month personal leave taken after her breast cancer diagnosis.
- Car's diagnosis was detected early during screening, and her breast cancer diagnosis follows a kidney cancer diagnosis in 2022, marking her second major cancer battle.
- Car thanked the Chris O'Brien Lifehouse cancer centre team, saying she was in awe of their work, and expressed gratitude to her husband Brad, children, NSW Premier Chris Minns, and Courtney Houssos.
- Her return restores direct leadership of the Education and Western Sydney portfolios that Courtney Houssos had been acting in, as Car prepares for the 2026 school year.
- Beyond immediate duties, the return highlights screening and early treatment in public health conversations, as a 43-year-old mother and deputy premier since March 2023, she said `This experience, beating breast cancer, has certainly changed me in so many ways`.
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