THE Victorian Government has accused the Coalition of promising to restore national park grazing against the wishes of its leader Ted Baillieu.

Environment Minister Gavin Jennings last week claimed Mr Baillieu did not share his Coalition partners' support for returning cattle to the Alpine National Park.

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Earlier this year, the Coalition pledged to restore "strategic" grazing to the park if it won the November 27 election.

Nationals leader Peter Ryan and agriculture spokesman Peter Walsh unveiled the policy at the Mountain Cattlemen's Association of Victoria's Get Together in January.

However, the Coalition has only pledged to use cattle as a fire management tool.

It did not promise to legislate to restore the licensing system the Bracks Government abolished in 2005.

At a Rural Press Club of Victoria lunch last week, Mr Jennings was asked if he thought the Coalition could implement its policy without legislation.

"One problem for the Coalition is whether they all share certain spokes people's opinions on behalf of the Coalition," Mr Jennings said.

"Ask (Ted Baillieu) if in fact the Liberal Party part of the Coalition is equally as determined as the National Party was ... to deliver on that undertaking.

"I haven't heard any comments that would indicate the Liberals share the views that were expressed in January 2010."

East Gippsland independent MP Craig Ingram said the Coalition policy was designed to send the right signals to rural electorates without jeopardising inner city votes.

"The policy enables regional and rural National and Liberal MPs to say they support grazing," Mr Ingram said.

"But it also allows Ted Baillieu and (Coalition environment spokeswoman) Mary Wooldridge to say there will be no widespread return of cattle to the Alpine National Park.

"This is about the city versus the country, which means the Coalition being able to say whatever their constituents want to hear."

A spokesman for Mr Baillieu dismissed Mr Jennings' claims as "complete and utter nonsense".

"Ted does support that policy as he supports all the Coalition's policies," he said.