Greens leader Adam Bandt.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
In a major speech to party members,Mr Bandt will warn the pandemic is inflicting the greatest economic harm on younger Australians who may struggle to get back into the workforce when and if the recovery comes.
"The history of recessions show us that young people get hit the hardest and for the longest and they are often forgotten about,"he says.
"If government doesn't act now,unemployment and underemployment for young people will hit record highs and they could bear the scars for a lifetime.
"The only way to recover from the current crisis and to avoid a lost generation of young people is to decisively break from neoliberalism."
Mr Bandt's speech to the party's national conference,his first as leader since he waselected to replace Richard Di Natale in February,backs dramatic state intervention while attacking Labor and the Liberals for embracing free-market capitalism.
With unemployment tipped to double from its rate of 5.2 per cent in March,the Greens leader will call for a target of 2 per cent unemployment"so that everyone who wants a job,has a job"without forcing people to accept insecure work.