Segment Information - Additional Information (Detail)	12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2019 Segment Item Brand Country
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of reportable segments \| Segment	5
New Foxtel [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Company ownership percentage	65.00%
New Foxtel [Member] \| Telstra [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Ownership interest held by minority interest	35.00%
Digital Real Estate Services [Member] \| Move Inc [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Company ownership percentage	80.00%
Digital Real Estate Services [Member] \| Move Inc [Member] \| REA Group Inc [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Ownership interest held by minority interest	20.00%
Digital Real Estate Services [Member] \| REA Group Inc [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Company ownership percentage	61.60%
Book Publishing [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of countries \| Country	17
Book Publishing [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of branded publishing imprints \| Brand	120
Subscription Video Services [Member] \| New Foxtel [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Company ownership percentage	65.00%
Subscription Video Services [Member] \| New Foxtel [Member] \| Telstra [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Ownership interest held by minority interest	35.00%
Subscription Video Services [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| New Foxtel [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of channels \| Item	200

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Number of Channels

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Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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