<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An independent MP is planning to seek re-election before he expects a court to resolve a domestic violence case against him.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Nick McBride, the member for MacKillop in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/south-australia" rel="" target="" title="South Australia"><span>South Australia</span></a><span>'s south-east, was excused from appearing in Naracoorte Magistrates Court on Wednesday because state parliament was sitting in Adelaide.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>McBride, 55, of Robe, </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/south-australia-mp-nick-mcbridge-charged-assaulting-wife/e793d464-bd79-4557-b937-ffd51b0d0e58" rel="" target="_blank" title="was charged in April"><span>was charged in April</span></a><span> with three counts of assault against his wife, Katherine. McBride denies the allegations.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/indonesia-volcano-mount-lewotobi-laki-laki-erupts-alert-raised-to-highest-level/ebb09a9b-65b5-4c0d-8d94-4b6a5a392732" target="_blank"><strong><span>Bali flights cancelled after major volcano erupts</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The charges were adjourned to a pre-trial conference in the same court on October 22.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was elected to the safe Liberal seat of MacKillop in 2018 but quit the party in 2023 and has since sat on the crossbench.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>McBride's office confirmed to AAP on Wednesday that he intends to run for his seat again at the state election next March.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/nick-mcbride-court-update-state-mp-accused-of-assaulting-wife-to-seek-reelection/d47f1a3b-b9b5-4dc8-91d0-4b2888f73ea6" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He appeared in court for the first time in May and is yet to enter a plea but denies the allegations.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>McBride told the ABC on June 12 that he understood the court proceedings would extend into June or July next year and he planned to stand for re-election.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I think it's going to be a really tough ask, but I went into politics with the idea of at least two or three terms," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I'm going to stick to my resolve … that I initially had and I'm not going to let these personal issues detract from that resolve."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple App Store</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>.</span></em></strong></div></div>