Protesters at Parliament House for day two. Picture: Kym Smith.

About 20 men and women from Whistleblowers Activists and Citizens Alliance lined up in the pond in front of the Parliament with placards saying ‘close the camps’ and ‘turn backs are murder’.

Individuals who were dragged out of Question Time after gluing their hands to the rails in the Lower House returned for today’s protest.

A group of the protesters at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: Kym Smith.Source:News Corp Australia

Twice as many police lined up opposite them.

Two of the group abseiled down the front of the building to hang a sign saying ‘close the bloody camps now #justice4refugees’.

The pair refused to budge for almost two hours but agreed to come down of their own volition after talks with a police negotiator.

Police officers were waiting on the roof for the protesters who opted to climb back up, rather than down.

Minutes later the group in the water waded out.

Police were waiting to take their names.

It’s understood none of the protesters have been charged for their actions at the moment.

Phil Evans from the group told News Corp that the protest was part of an ongoing campaign.

He didn’t rule out more protests in the New Year.

The pool at Parliament House has turned red after protesters dropped dye. Picture: Kym Smith.Source:News Corp Australia

“Today we are letting parliamentarians know, for a second day in a row, (about) the torture, abuse and rape of refugees,” Mr Evans said.

“We’re calling for justice for refugees and that will only happen when they close all of the bloody camps.

“Yesterday was about taking the message to the heart and now we’re making sure that the conversation continues.

Victorian protesters (from left) Kat and Pat scale down the front of Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: Gary Ramage.Source:News Corp Australia

“It’s the final day of parliament and it’s the last chance for parliament to redeem itself.”

Mr Evans said the group had taken time off work for the protest.

Asked whether the protest might lead to increased security at Parliament House and the Prime Minister’s comments that they were interrupting the democratic process, Mr Evans said “We’re about promoting democracy”.

Earlier, security guards had closed the entrance to Parliament House to the public.

Activists had assured the media they would be protesting peacefully.

They had added red dye to the pond, symbolising that “turnbacks are murder”.

“What they’re really saying is ‘go die somewhere else,” one woman said.

Police removed life rafts and jackets the group placed in the pond.

The pond is slowly being drained to get rid of the dye.

The group were quick to take to social media, posting messages on their Facebook page.

Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon came down to congratulate the activists on taking a stand for asylum seekers on Nauru and Manus Island.

Senator Rhiannon said she didn’t think scaling parliament was inappropriate.

“It’s a nonviolent action — what’s not appropriate is the way the Turnbull Government is treating refugees,” she told media.

Greens Senator Nick McKim will move a motion in Parliament later in the day congratulating the activists.

Two of the protesters send out their message loud and clear. Picture: Gary Ramage.Source:News Corp Australia

Both Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten condemned their interruption of Question Time yesterday.

The Prime Minister told Sunrise security measures might need to be examined but he said the public gallery should never be closed.

“I wasn’t concerned for my personal safety but I was concerned that the Parliament could be interrupted like that, the demonstrators who rioted in the gallery were interrupting the people’s House,” Mr Turnbull said.

Protester Bridget Harilaou is removed by security at Parliament House in Canberra yesterday. Picture Kym Smith.Source:News Corp Australia

“They were interrupting democracy, they were denying democracy.”

One of the protesters who was part of the Question Time protest yesterday is a winner of a ­Coalition government scholarship to Indonesia, according to The Australian.

Bridget Harilaou, who screamed when ­security guards tried to remove her from Parliament House, was awarded one of the government’s prestigious New Colombo Plan scholarships last year.

She was also previously a co-convener of ­Sydney University Greens on Campus.

The group staged a rooftop protest at Immigration Minister Peter Dutton’s office last month and disrupted a speech by Malcolm Turnbull at a function in Melbourne in August.

Liberal Senator James McGrath was clearly not impressed with the disruptions for a second day.