Debt (Detail Textuals) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding borrowings	$ 48,500	$ 69,000
Revolving credit facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 200,000
Weighted-average interest rates	3.30%
Term B Loans
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted-average interest rates	4.00%
Term B Loans \| LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Applicable interest rates	3.00%
Applicable floor rates	1.00%
Term B Loans \| Base Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Applicable interest rates	2.00%
Term B Loans And Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 48,500
Outstanding borrowings	14,518
Aggregate available credit facilities	$ 136,982
Term B Loans And Revolving Credit Facility \| LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate, description	2.50%, 2.75% or 3.00
Term B Loans And Revolving Credit Facility \| Base Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate, description	1.50%, 1.75% or 2.00

The effective floor interest rate at the end of the reporting period.

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Weighted average interest rate of debt outstanding.

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The effective interest rate at the end of the reporting period.

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Description of the interest rate for the amounts borrowed under the credit facility, including the terms and the method for determining the interest rate (for example, fixed or variable, LIBOR plus a percentage, increasing rate, timing of interest rate resets, remarketing provisions).

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the noncurrent portion of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.22)
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Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 470
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 13
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28361426&loc=d3e1314-112600

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 470
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 14
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28361426&loc=d3e1336-112600

Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Glossary Line-of-Credit Arrangement
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6517033

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