Borrowings - Schedule of Borrowings (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019
Debt and Financial Instruments [Line Items]
Finance Lease Liability	$ 118	$ 0
Total borrowings	1,259	1,453
Less: current portion	(76)	(449)
Long-term borrowings	$ 1,183	1,004
Foxtel \| Term loan facility 2019
Debt and Financial Instruments [Line Items]
Interest rate	6.25%
Credit facility 2014 - tranche 2 \| New Foxtel
Debt and Financial Instruments [Line Items]
Total borrowings	$ 0	56
Interest rate	0.00%
Credit facility 2015 \| New Foxtel
Debt and Financial Instruments [Line Items]
Total borrowings	$ 0	281
Interest rate	0.00%
Credit facility 2016 \| New Foxtel
Debt and Financial Instruments [Line Items]
Total borrowings	$ 0	193
Interest rate	0.00%
Term loan facility 2019 \| Foxtel
Debt and Financial Instruments [Line Items]
Total borrowings	$ 171	0
Interest rate	6.25%
Working capital facility 2017 \| New Foxtel
Debt and Financial Instruments [Line Items]
Total borrowings	$ 0	56
Interest rate	3.17%
Telstra facility \| Foxtel
Debt and Financial Instruments [Line Items]
Total borrowings	$ 11	0
Interest rate	7.95%
US private placement 2009 - tranche 3 \| New Foxtel
Debt and Financial Instruments [Line Items]
Total borrowings	$ 0	75
Interest rate	0.00%
US Private Placement 2012 - USD Portion -tranche 1 \| New Foxtel
Debt and Financial Instruments [Line Items]
Total borrowings	$ 0	150
Interest rate	0.00%
US private placement 2012 - USD portion - tranche 2 \| New Foxtel
Debt and Financial Instruments [Line Items]
Total borrowings	$ 200	199
Interest rate	4.27%
US private placement 2012 - USD portion - tranche 3 \| New Foxtel
Debt and Financial Instruments [Line Items]
Total borrowings	$ 150	149
Interest rate	4.42%
US private placement 2012 - AUD portion \| New Foxtel
Debt and Financial Instruments [Line Items]
Total borrowings	$ 73	77
Interest rate	7.04%
Credit facility 2016 - tranche 3 \| REA Group
Debt and Financial Instruments [Line Items]
Total borrowings	$ 0	168
Interest rate	0.00%
Credit facility 2018 \| REA Group
Debt and Financial Instruments [Line Items]
Total borrowings	$ 48	49
Interest rate	0.99%
Credit facility 2019 \| REA Group
Debt and Financial Instruments [Line Items]
Total borrowings	$ 117	0
Interest rate	0.99%
Credit facility 2019 \| Foxtel
Debt and Financial Instruments [Line Items]
Total borrowings	$ 371	0
Interest rate	3.17%
Credit facility 2020 \| REA Group
Debt and Financial Instruments [Line Items]
Total borrowings	$ 0	$ 0
Interest rate	2.14%

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Present value of lessee's discounted obligation for lease payments from finance lease.

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