A network of more than 130 CCTV cameras is capturing people’s every move, 24 hours a day.

Footage of a man being punched in the face, brawls on the Queen Street Mall and vandalism in King George Square are some of the 23,000 incidents captured by Brisbane City Council’s 131 CitySafe cameras in the past financial year.

Able to move at 360 degrees, the camera system, which was introduced in 1994, spans the CBD and Fortitude Valley.

Lord mayor Graham Quirk insisted the council-funded camera network was not spying.