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Equity method investment summarized financial information increase decrease in revenue.

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Equity method investment summarized financial information increase decrease in revenue percentage.

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Subsidiary ownership percentage of subsidiary investment.

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Number of shares of equity interests issued or issuable to acquire entity.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 805
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks paid or offered to be paid in a business combination.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 805
-SubTopic 30
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Investments - Additional Information (Detail) AUD / shares in Units, AUD in Millions, $ in Millions			6 Months Ended
	Nov. 02, 2015 USD ($) shares	Nov. 02, 2015 AUD AUD / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
REA Group [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Equity interest percentage			20.00%
iProperty Group Limited [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Shares purchase price		AUD 4.00
Shareholders elect to receive, cash		AUD 1.20
Shareholders elect to receive, shares \| shares	0.7	0.7
iProperty Group Limited [Member] \| REA Group [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Cash consideration, expected to be paid	$ 340	AUD 480
iProperty Group Limited [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| REA Group [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Equity interest percentage		20.00%
Foxtel [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Decrease in revenues \| $			$ 223
Percentage of decrease in revenues			16.00%