The Kates
Fresh Allsorts is the joint venture between Kate Hartwig and Kate McPhee — set up so small NFPs can access the kind of governance support that’s usually reserved for much larger organisations. Practical, affordable and free of jargon.
Kate Hartwig
Kate Hartwig Consulting
Kate has spent forty years working in and around not-for-profit organisations as a CEO, Director and independent consultant. She’s worked across a wide range of sectors — from to architects to Zoos — and has spent the past decade helping committees find their feet.
Practical, no-nonsense advice grounded in real experience and a genuine belief that good governance is just common sense, applied consistently.
Kate McPhee
Liquorice Allsorts Consulting
Kate McPhee has three decades of hands-on experience helping small clubs and associations get more done with less stress. Her background is gloriously eclectic — local government, state parliament, four children, forty-plus years of volunteering.
She’s project-managed the establishment, restructure, merger or dissolution of more than forty organisations and is the author of Just a Tick — the plain-English governance guide for committees and boards.
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Kate Hartwig brings
Forty years of experience across the full spectrum of NFP governance — from constitutions to accountability, planning, risk management and compliance. Kate brings the frameworks that make committees work properly.
Kate McPhee brings
Three decades of hands-on experience with the human side of governance — how committees actually behave, how decisions really get made and what gets in the way. Kate brings the practical wisdom that turns good structures into good outcomes.
Together, that’s a clear view of risk, responsibilities and what to do next — without the compliance marathon nobody needs.
Now on air
Real advice for real committees — no theory, no fluff. Kate H and Kate M talk governance for Australian NFPs every fortnight. If your committee is spending more time arguing about the agenda than running the organisation, you’ve found your podcast.
