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INCOME TAXES (Details) - USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016
INCOME TAXES (Details) [Line Items]
Valuation allowance	$ 3,000,000	$ 3,100,000
Galileo [Member] \| Expiring in Fiscal Year 2036 [Member]
INCOME TAXES (Details) [Line Items]
Operating loss carryover	122,000
Galileo [Member] \| Expiring in Fiscal Year 2025 [Member]
INCOME TAXES (Details) [Line Items]
Operating loss carryover	30,000
Galileo [Member] \| Expiring in Fiscal Year 2027 [Member]
INCOME TAXES (Details) [Line Items]
Operating loss carryover	119,000
Galileo [Member] \| Expiring in Fiscal Year 2030 [Member]
INCOME TAXES (Details) [Line Items]
Operating loss carryover	44,000
Domestic Tax Authority [Member]
INCOME TAXES (Details) [Line Items]
Operating loss carryover	5,200,000
Domestic Tax Authority [Member] \| Expiring in Fiscal Year 2035 [Member]
INCOME TAXES (Details) [Line Items]
Operating loss carryover	2,400,000
Domestic Tax Authority [Member] \| Expiring in Fiscal Year 2036 [Member]
INCOME TAXES (Details) [Line Items]
Operating loss carryover	2,800,000
Domestic Tax Authority [Member] \| Charitable Contributions [Member]
INCOME TAXES (Details) [Line Items]
Charitable contribution carryovers	92,000
Domestic Tax Authority [Member] \| Charitable Contributions [Member] \| Expiring in Fiscal Year 2018 [Member]
INCOME TAXES (Details) [Line Items]
Charitable contribution carryovers	34,000
Domestic Tax Authority [Member] \| Charitable Contributions [Member] \| Expiring in Fiscal Year 2019 [Member]
INCOME TAXES (Details) [Line Items]
Charitable contribution carryovers	34,000
Domestic Tax Authority [Member] \| Charitable Contributions [Member] \| Expiring in Fiscal Year 2020 [Member]
INCOME TAXES (Details) [Line Items]
Charitable contribution carryovers	19,000
Domestic Tax Authority [Member] \| Charitable Contributions [Member] \| Expiring in Fiscal Year 2021 [Member]
INCOME TAXES (Details) [Line Items]
Charitable contribution carryovers	5,000
Foreign Tax Authority [Member] \| Galileo [Member] \| CANADA
INCOME TAXES (Details) [Line Items]
Cumulative Eligible Capital Carryovers with No Expiration	$ 251,000