Sky News host James Morrow discusses the Labor government's "major foreign policy failure" in allowing three Chinese warships to conduct live-fire drills in the Tasman Sea.

The Australian government is demanding answers from Beijing after commercial flights had to divert over the Tasman Sea after they received last-minute alert of Chinese warship exercises.

When asked to comment on concerns raised by Australia's Foreign Minister regarding live-fire drills conducted by three Chinese warships sailing off the country's east coast, as well as the Australia's Defense Department's monitoring of the Chinese navy vessels since they were spotted in international waters last week,

Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong says her government has warned international airlines flying between Australian airports and New Zealand to beware of Chinese warships conducting a live-fire ex