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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS - Additional Information (Details)	1 Months Ended				6 Months Ended
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS - Additional Information (Details)	Jan. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Nov. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2019 AUD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Purchase of property and equipment					$ 598,000	$ 703,000
Scenario Forecast
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Cash proceeds from sale of assets	$ 500,000
License fees	15,000,000
Tax credits receivable, net	2,700,000
Scenario Forecast \| Warrant Agreement \| Series F warrants
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Debt conversion, warrants issued \| shares		2,300,000
Debt conversion, Exercise price of warrants \| $ / shares		$ 0.0001
Number of warrants issued \| shares		900,000
Scenario Forecast \| Sellers’ Agreement
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Cash proceeds from sale of assets	14,500,000
Scenario Forecast \| Credit Facility
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity		$ 5,000,000
Line of credit, additional advance amount		$ 5,000,000
Scenario Forecast \| Maximum \| Warrant Agreement \| Series F warrants
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of warrants issuable \| shares		2,000,000
Additional warrants issuable percentage of common stock		10.00%
Scenario Forecast \| Maximum \| Sellers’ Agreement
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Earnout payment receivable	$ 5,000,000
Scenario Forecast \| Australia
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of assets				$ 9,000,000
Cash proceeds from sale of assets				6,000,000
Cash receivable upon closing of sale of asset				$ 600,000
Earnout payments term			2 years	2 years
Scenario Forecast \| Australia \| Retained Investment in Business
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Net proceeds from dispositions				$ 6,000,000
Scenario Forecast \| Australia \| Maximum
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Earnout payment receivable				3,000,000
Earnout payments				1,500,000
Scenario Forecast \| Australia \| Minimum
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Earnout payments				$ 750,000
Scenario Forecast \| Secured Promissory Note
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Purchase of property and equipment			$ 10,000,000
Debt stated interest rate percentage				7.00%
Debt instrument, maturity date			Jan. 01, 2023	Jan. 01, 2023