Represents the expense recognized during the period arising from equity-based compensation arrangements (for example, shares of stock, unit, stock options or other equity instruments) with employees, directors and certain consultants qualifying for treatment as employees.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Commitments (Details Narrative 1) - 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan [Member] - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015
Maximum number of common shares reserved for future issuance	6,050,553		6,050,553
Expiration period			10 years
First Stock Option [Member]
Stock based compensation expense				$ 0
Second Stock Option [Member]
Vesting period			3 years
Fair value of options			$ 25,000		$ 25,000
Description of vesting period rights			Vest annually over a three-year period commencing on the first anniversary of the date of the grant.
Second Stock Option [Member] \| General and Administrative Expense [Member]
Stock based compensation expense	$ 5,764	$ 5,830	$ 11,590	11,660
Third Stock Option [Member]
Vesting period			4 years
Fair value of options			$ 31,250		31,250
Stock based compensation expense	7,960	8,053	$ 16,008	16,106
Description of vesting period rights			Vest annually over a four-year period commencing on the first anniversary of the date of the grant.
Four Stock Option [Member]
Vesting period			3 years
Fair value of options			$ 239,585		239,585
Description of vesting period rights			Vest in three equal installments on April 2, 2015, April 2, 2016 and April 2, 2017.
Four Stock Option [Member] \| General and Administrative Expense [Member]
Stock based compensation expense	42,811	0	$ 86,093	0
Five Stock Option [Member]
Vesting period			3 years
Fair value of options			$ 12,500
Description of vesting period rights			Vest quarterly over a three year period commencing on September 8, 2015.
Five Stock Option [Member] \| General and Administrative Expense [Member]
Stock based compensation expense	4,775	0	$ 9,603	0
Six Stock Option [Member]
Vesting period			3 years
Description of vesting period rights			Vest over a three-year period from the date of grant.
Six Stock Option [Member] \| General and Administrative Expense [Member]
Stock based compensation expense	5,573	0	$ 11,207	0
Seven Stock Option [Member]
Vesting period			3 years
Fair value of options			$ 69,688		$ 69,688
Description of vesting period rights			Vest over a three-year period from the date of grant.
Seven Stock Option [Member] \| General and Administrative Expense [Member]
Stock based compensation expense	92,875	0	$ 192,024	0
Eight Stock Option [Member] \| General and Administrative Expense [Member]
Stock based compensation expense	0	0	$ 6,800	0
Nine Stock Option [Member]
Vesting period			3 years
Fair value of options			$ 5,209
Description of vesting period rights			Vest in equal quarterly instalments over a three-year period from the date of grant.
Nine Stock Option [Member] \| General and Administrative Expense [Member]
Stock based compensation expense	11,456	0	$ 23,449	0
Ten Stock Option [Member]
Vesting period			3 years
Fair value of options			$ 4,167
Description of vesting period rights			Vest in equal quarterly instalments over a three-year period from the date of grant.
Ten Stock Option [Member] \| General and Administrative Expense [Member]
Stock based compensation expense	27,906	0	$ 27,906	0
Eleven Stock Option [Member] \| General and Administrative Expense [Member]
Stock based compensation expense	0	0	6,800	0
Twelve Stock Option [Member] \| General and Administrative Expense [Member]
Stock based compensation expense	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0