The video released this week by Prue Car, announcing that she is facing her second cancer diagnosis in less than three years, comes as a great shock to the state. But her moving and personal message also showed why Prue is what Premier Chris Minns calls “the toughest, most resilient colleague” in the NSW government.

NSW Deputy Premier Prue Car has revealed she has breast cancer.

The upside is that the deputy premier will be receiving the very best medical treatment, and she can be assured of Australia’s best wishes for a speedy recovery so that she can return to work in due course.

Because the cancer has been spotted early in its development, the chances of successful treatment are greatly improved. In recent decades treatments have made huge progress and survival rates are much better. I should know. I was diagnosed with bowel cancer in late 2023. A routine colonoscopy revealed a tumour on my outer bowel rim. A flurry of appointments and tests concluded I had stage three cancer.

My first thought was: “How can this be?” After all, I was reasonably fit and healthy at age 52. I suffered no symptoms: there was no diarrhoea or constipation, or blood in the toilet bowel. But I do have a family history – my 61-year-old mother had died from bowel cancer, and younger Australians are increasingly being........

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