The carbon tax has today been repealed, with the repeal legislation successfully passing through the senate.

Thirty-nine senators voted in favour of the repeal and 32 opposed.

• INTERACTIVE The troubled life of the carbon tax – in quotes
• REACTION Experts respond to carbon tax repeal
• Carbon tax killed off by Australian senate

Liberal MPs took to Twitter to claim that a dead weight has been lifted from the Australian economy.

Labor’s carbon tax was a dead weight on our economy – it has now been repealed! — Andrew Robb (@AndrewRobbMP) July 17, 2014

The official Liberal Party twitter page said that the carbon tax repeal was great news for Australian families and small business.

As we promised – the carbon tax is gone and Australians will be better off as a result #carbontax pic.twitter.com/aGPecRGPqK

— Scott Buchholz (@ScottBuchholzMP) July 17, 2014

In a statement, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said that “this is great news for Australian families and for our nation’s small businesses”.

“The carbon tax is dead and there is nothing credible to take its place” – @lenoretaylor http://t.co/3M5C2NtkQ9 — ACF (@AusConservation) July 17, 2014

Greens Senator Penny Wright expressed her disappointment with the repeal, saying that the Greens would continue to campaign for environmental issues.

Dear children & grandchildren, I am sorry. We did our very best. But we will continue to work & work for your future. #AustralianGreens — Senator Penny Wright (@PennyWrites) July 17, 2014

Sad sad day. Greens will never give up the fight for real action on #climatechange and our clean energy future @GreensMPs

— Shane Rattenbury (@ShaneRattenbury) July 17, 2014

Greens Leader Christine Milne said it was a “monumental blunder” that would “make life worse for all future generations”.

History will judge Tony Abbott harshly for his denial of global warming and his undermining of Australia’s effort to address it. — Christine Milne (@senatormilne) July 17, 2014

The Carbon Tax is gone. This is great news for Australian families and for our nation’s small businesses. #auspol  — Liberal Party (@LiberalAus) July 17, 2014

Finally the Carbon Tax that punished Aussie families &businesses has been terminated by the Abbott Gov & the Australian people #auspol — Alex Hawke MP (@AlexHawkeMP) July 17, 2014

The Abbott Government has acted on its commitment to scrap the carbon tax for the benefit of all Australians #auspol — Steve Irons MP (@SteveIronsMP) July 17, 2014

Families win and an international competitiveness boost for our farmers and businesses in Wannon as the carbon tax is abolished. — Dan Tehan (@DanTehanWannon) July 17, 2014

The carbon tax has gone! Good news for families, businesses and jobs. — Alan Tudge (@AlanTudgeMP) July 17, 2014

Where Australia was once a world leader, Tony Abbott has made us the world’s laughing stock. #climatechange #shame — Mark Butler MP (@Mark_Butler_MP) July 17, 2014

It’s a sad day for our generation, we deserve better! We’re not going away. #yourchoiceourfuture http://t.co/zqgADWLvZn via @guardian — AYCC (@AYCC) July 17, 2014

Too good to not share #auspol pic.twitter.com/CNZqK2sGHZ

— emilys (@emsiow) July 17, 2014