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Employee Benefits, Restructuring and Post-retirement Employee Benefits Provisions - Summary of Employee Benefits, Restructuring and Post-retirement Employee Benefits Provisions (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions | Jun. 30, 2018 | Jun. 30, 2017
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Provisions [abstract] |  |
Employee benefits | $ 1,232 | $ 1,177
Restructuring | 8 | 10
Post-retirement employee benefits | 449 | 438
Total provisions | 1,689 | 1,625
Current | 1,148 | 1,062
Non-current | $ 541 | $ 563

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- Definition The amount of provision for restructuring, such as the sale or termination of a line of business; closure of business locations in a country or region or relocation of activities from one country or region to another; changes in management structure; and fundamental reorganisations that have a material effect on the nature and focus of the entity's operations. [Refer: Other provisions] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef -Name IAS -Number 37 -IssueDate 2017-01-01 -Paragraph 70 -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=37&date=2017-03-01&anchor=para_70&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2017-03-09 + Details
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