Prue Car

Prudence Ann Car (née Guillaume; born 21 October 1982) is an Australian politician who has served as the deputy premier of New South Wales, Minister for Education and Early Learning and Minister for Western Sydney since 2023. She has been a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Londonderry since 2015.

Car previously served as the deputy leader of the NSW Opposition, Shadow Minister for Education and Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Learning.

Career Car was a Penrith City Councillor and national communications manager at MS Australia when she was elected. She had previously been an advisor to Premier Bob Carr from 2003 to 2005 and campaign co-ordinator of the Labor Party from 2005 to 2007. She stood unsuccessfully for the state seat of Mulgoa in 2011.

Car was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as member for Londonderry at the 2015 New South Wales state election. Less than a year later, in 2016, Car was appointed as Shadow Minister for Skills and Shadow Assistant Minister for Education in the Shadow Ministry of Luke Foley. She retained the Education portfolio and was also appointed as Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Learning in the Shadow Ministry of Chris Minns. She gained the portfolio of Skills, TAFE and Tertiary Education from Tim Crakanthorp on 8 August 2023 but lost it to Steve Whan on 28 September 2023.

Personal life Car was born and raised in Western Sydney in New South Wales. She has Indian and French heritage with a grandfather who was French and her father from Durgapur, West Bengal, India. She attended Caroline Chisholm College.

Car is married with one son. In 2022, she took leave from parliament to undergo treatment for kidney cancer.

In June 2025, Car was diagnosed with breast cancer and took a period of leave as minister, continuing to serve as deputy premier. On 1 February 2026, Car announced that she had beaten cancer for the second time and will return to state parliament as education minister.