Police have cut loose Christian activists who chained themselves to Kirribilli House in protest of Australia's treatment of asylum seekers on Manus Island.
Gosford Anglican firebrand Father Rod Bower shared an image on Twitter of him and his "friends" with chains around their necks locked to the gates of the Prime Minister's official residence in Sydney.
The five protesters held signs pushing for the evacuation of the Manus and the Nauru offshore processing centre.
"We chain ourselves not only to Kirribilli House gates but to the men of Manus," Fr Bower said on Twitter.
"All humanity is connected. When one suffers, we all suffer."
Local residents offered food and water to the activists while police began arriving.
NSW Police and rescue crews used bolt cutters and a grinder to cut the chains before loading activists into a police car, photos and videos on Twitter show.
"It is our hope that people will take non-violent, peaceful action like the men in Manus have taken," Pastor Jarrod McKenna said in one video while police cut his chains.
"It is our hope people will let their heart break, let their heart be pierced by the cries of these men who simply seek safety."
The protest was designed to show solidarity with the men still detained on Manus Island, a spokesman for Love Makes A Way, which helped organise the protest, told AAP on Monday.
The "lock-on crew" believe Australia must safely resettle the men as pressure mounts from domestic protests and international human rights groups, the spokesman said.
The protest comes a day after thousands of people gathered across Australia called for the federal government to end its offshore detention policy.
The activists were issued move-along notices and taken from the area but not arrested or charged, a NSW Police spokeswoman told AAP.
