{"id":376105,"date":"2025-12-28T13:27:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T13:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/376105\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T13:27:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T13:27:10","slug":"independent-mp-charged-with-domestic-violence-against-wife-after-cops-called-to-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/376105\/","title":{"rendered":"Independent MP charged with domestic violence against wife after cops called to home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Independent South Australian MP Nick McBride has been charged with domestic violence against his wife\ufeff after police were called to a home in the state&#8217;s south-east.<\/p>\n<p>Officers responded to reports of the alleged assault in Conmurra yesterday morning\ufeff.<\/p>\n<p>McBride was arrested and charged with \ufeffaggravated assault and breach of bail.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/3ec7be4f-5863-4225-b006-35d8f2c604dc.png\"   alt=\"Independent South Australian MP Nick McBride has been charged with domestic violence against his wife&#xFEFF; after police were called to a home in the state's south-east.\"\/>Independent South Australian MP Nick McBride has been charged with domestic violence. (Nine)<\/p>\n<p>The 56-year-old was refused police bail and will appear at \ufeffMount Gambier Magistrates Court tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>An \ufeff82-year-old man was also questioned by police and reported for aggravated assault.<\/p>\n<p>He was summoned to court at a later date.<\/p>\n<p>McBride has yet to enter a plea for any of the charges, but previously said he will not be resigning from parliament and is committed to running in March&#8217;s state election.<\/p>\n<p>He is currently facing six separate domestic violence charges dating back to January last year. \ufeff<\/p>\n<p>His political peers spoke out against him today, with former Liberal colleague and Opposition Leader Ashton Hurn leading the charge.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/ef5a6115-6fbc-49e1-9ffc-4c667bb88238.png\"   alt=\"Independent South Australian MP Nick McBride has been charged with domestic violence against his wife&#xFEFF; after police were called to a home in the state's south-east.\"\/>McBride was elected to the seat of Mackillop as a Liberal MP in 2018. (Nine)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;\ufeffDomestic violence needs to be stamped out in our community,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These allegations are incredibly concerning.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>McBride was elected to the seat of Mackillop as a Liberal MP in 2018 but left the party in 2023 to become an independent.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well, another day and another Liberal MP elected to the parliament being charged with a serious crime,&#8221; SA Premier Peter \ufeffMalinauskas said.<\/p>\n<p>The opposition is seeking to fill the seat.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have got a fantastic candidate down in Mackillop in Bek Rosser, and she stands ready to serve,&#8221; Hurn said.<\/p>\n<p>Support is available from the National Sexual Assault, Domestic and Family Violence Counselling Service at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1800respect.org.au\/\" title=\"https:\/\/www.1800respect.org.au\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">1800RESPECT (1800 737 732)<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Independent South Australian MP Nick McBride has been charged with domestic violence against his wife\ufeff after police were&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376106,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-376105","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}