The best thing the coalition has going for it is the incompetence and division within the labor party.

Albanese has the charisma of a dead fish and the conflict between the tooty fruity left whinge of labor party competing with the greens will always drag the party away from the center.

individual,

I think that the Coalition also has division within
it and a lack of policies. Also the way the response
to the pandemic has been mishandled is making many
people unhappy to say the least.

It's not a question of being "dumb-downed" as you put it.
People actually expecting more from their representatives.
Both parties have to lift their game.

individual,
> Do you think Australians have dumbed down sufficiently to vote Labor in again ?

Considering how badly the Libs have done on the economy, I think it would be more accurate to ask whether Australians have wised up sufficiently to vote Labor in again.

With Albanese Aidan, you've got to be kidding.

No one in their right mind, who saw Albanese in the ABC tally room broadcast last election, sitting like a stunned mullet, muttering "It's early days yet" right up until he was called out to stop him looking so stupid, could ever vote for a party that could have him for a leader. The local primary school would never have such a clown as president of the P&C.

Granted the other lot are not much use, but at least they don't look quite so dumb, most of the time.

LNP could do much, much better but considering that they're fighting so much opposition from within the Public Service they're doing better than Labor any day.
I spoke with a senior MP a couple of years ago & he told me that literally 90% of his work is chasing up on bureaucrats not doing their job.

Indy,

A rather weak MP if; "90% of his work is chasing up on bureaucrats" and not calling them out. MP's rarely interact with PS, that's what office staff are for.