Airpower Australia denies COVID breach charges

Businessman Nev Power's company Airpower Australia is expected to go to trial after pleading not guilty to allegations it failed to comply with COVID-19 travel restrictions.

The news comes after Mr Power and his 36-year-old son Nicholas Arthur Power were sentenced in Perth Magistrates Court last week after both pleaded guilty to two counts of failing to comply with a direction under WA's Emergency Management Act.

Nev Power's private company Airpower Australia Pty Ltd was also charged with failing to comply with a direction but entered a not guilty plea at Perth Magistrates Court this morning.

The pair allegedly failed to complete G2G passes before flying from Queensland to Exmouth, Carnarvon, Geraldton, and Jandakot onboard a private helicopter.

A trial date is expected to be allocated on June 7.

The charges relate to a trip the father-son duo took to their family cattle station in Queensland in October.

The men returned to WA via Exmouth's Mantarays Ningaloo Beach Resort without completing a G2G pass or quarantine for 14 days, with CCTV footage capturing the men moving freely around the resort without a mask.

The Powers were each dealt an eight-month term of imprisonment suspended wholly for eight months last week.