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Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

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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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Represents the aggregate of total long-term debt, including current maturities and short-term debt.

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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for the line of credit facility regardless of whether the facility has been used.

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Date the credit facility terminates, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Debt (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
Debt (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2019	Jun. 30, 2018
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding under the revolving credit facility and term credit facility	$ 1,335,695	$ 281,454
MUFG Union Bank, N.A. and Westpac Banking Corporation [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility And Term Credit Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility termination date	Apr. 17, 2023
Interest rate on outstanding principal amount	3.60%
Outstanding under the revolving credit facility and term credit facility	$ 1,339,000
MUFG Union Bank, N.A. and Westpac Banking Corporation [Member] \| ResMed Limited [Member] \| Term Credit Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal payment	$ 6,000
Minimum [Member] \| MUFG Union Bank, N.A. and Westpac Banking Corporation [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Commitment fees percentage rate on unused portion of credit facility	0.10%
Minimum [Member] \| MUFG Union Bank, N.A. and Westpac Banking Corporation [Member] \| ResMed Limited [Member] \| Term Credit Agreement [Member] \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility interest rate equal to reference rate plus	0.75%
Minimum [Member] \| MUFG Union Bank, N.A. and Westpac Banking Corporation [Member] \| ResMed Limited [Member] \| Term Credit Agreement [Member] \| Base Rate [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility interest rate equal to reference rate plus	0.00%
Maximum [Member] \| MUFG Union Bank, N.A. and Westpac Banking Corporation [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Commitment fees percentage rate on unused portion of credit facility	0.175%
Maximum [Member] \| MUFG Union Bank, N.A. and Westpac Banking Corporation [Member] \| ResMed Limited [Member] \| Term Credit Agreement [Member] \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility interest rate equal to reference rate plus	1.50%
Maximum [Member] \| MUFG Union Bank, N.A. and Westpac Banking Corporation [Member] \| ResMed Limited [Member] \| Term Credit Agreement [Member] \| Base Rate [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility interest rate equal to reference rate plus	0.50%