The Liverpool Plains in north-west New South Wales is 1.2 million hectares of the richest farming land in the country.
It could soon also be home to two enormous coal mines and it's that future that's the focus of a bloody political battle that could end up costing the Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce his seat.
Liverpool Plains farmers Rosemary Nankivell and Sarah Hubbard are two women on a mission: both are active members in a long-running fight against coal-mining on the plains.
China's Shenhua Group has already been given conditional Government approval for a 10 million tonne open cut mine in Breeza.
While BHP Billiton has proposed an underground coal project in nearby Caroona.
Like many in the electorate, the ladies are divided about who's the best person to lead the fight.
"If we really wanna save this quality farm land, Tony (Windsor) is the only option," says Nankivell.
Last month she launched an online petition calling for retired MP Tony Windsor to come out of retirement.
Her hopes were answered, with the seasoned politician stepping back into the ring despite originally hanging up his hat in 2013 after holding the seat of New England as an independent for 12 years.
At the last election, former Queensland senator and now Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce was voted in with a 20 per cent majority.
"What we've seen since the seat went back to the Nationals in 2013 is a stalling within the electorate," says Windsor.
"The guy doesn't fight: he talks like a brawler, but he doesn't fight."
He adds that the mines and Joyce's response to them is one of the major reasons he's making a comeback.
"The guy doesn't fight: he talks like a brawler, but he doesn't fight.
"You couldn't pick two worse spots to build those mines. Now Shenhua is the one that's in the frame at the moment but the BHP mine 15 kilometres away - if the first one gets approved, the second one most probably will - the community impact could be absolutely disastrous."
Barnaby Joyce has been a vocal critic of mining on the Liverpool Plains: last year he broke ranks with the Abbott Government over its Shenhua mine approval.
A stance he says he still holds today.
"I don't support mining on prime-ag-land land and it's on prime-ag-land. I've done everything I can to make sure it doesn't go ahead.
"You can see behind me right now that there is no mine there."
The Deputy PM is already in election mode, actively campaigning in New England ahead of a fight that is already starting to get messy.
Joyce says he has been humbled by the response he has gotten from the people in the community, with Hubbard one of those willing to throw her support behind him.
"I think it's a very bold move by Mr Windsor to run," she says.
"He was in power for 12 years and both Shenhua and BHP Billiton licenses went through that time.
"If he says he can stop the mine now, why wouldn't he have stopped it in the first place?
"I think Mr Windsor is going to have a bit of an uphill battle to beat him."
