Legislation to scrap the carbon tax has passed the Federal Parliament in a major win for the Abbott Government.

After a lengthy debate, the Senate voted to get rid of the price on carbon, with 39 senators voting for and 32 voting against.

This was the Government's third attempt to scrap the tax since the election - the first two were rejected by the Senate.

The legislation passed with the support of all of the micro-party crossbench, dominated by the Palmer United Party.

Look back at how we covered the historic vote in our live blog.