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Share Capital, Option Plans And Share-Based Payments Share Capital, Option Plans And Share-Based Payments (Schedule of Long Term Incentive Plan Expense) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2011
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Unvested stock awards compensation cost, weighted average recognition period	3 years 2 months 1 day
Long Term Incentive Plan [Member]
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Allocated share-based compensation expense	$ 8,281,000	$ 12,842,000	$ 7,343,000
Expected share-based compensation expense	40,306,000
Compensation cost recognized to date	30,000,000
Compensation cost not yet recognized	10,300,000
Unvested stock awards compensation cost, weighted average recognition period	1 year 11 months 5 days
Performance Stock Units (PSUs) [Member] | Fiscal 2012 LTIP
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Allocated share-based compensation expense	579,000	9,284,000	5,964,000
Expected share-based compensation expense	17,314,000
Performance Stock Units (PSUs) [Member] | Fiscal 2013 LTIP
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Allocated share-based compensation expense	2,999,000	1,896,000	1,379,000
Expected share-based compensation expense	6,489,000
Performance Stock Units (PSUs) [Member] | Fiscal 2014 LTIP
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Allocated share-based compensation expense	2,832,000	1,662,000	0
Expected share-based compensation expense	8,046,000
Performance Stock Units (PSUs) [Member] | Fiscal 2015 LTIP
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Allocated share-based compensation expense	588,000	0	0
Expected share-based compensation expense	2,858,000
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] | Fiscal 2015 LTIP
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Allocated share-based compensation expense	1,283,000	0	0
Expected share-based compensation expense	$ 5,599,000

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Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Total Compensation Recognized, Share-based Awards Other than Options

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Represents the expense recognized during the period arising from equity-based compensation arrangements (for example, shares of stock, unit, stock options or other equity instruments) with employees, directors and certain consultants qualifying for treatment as employees.

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Weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation is expected to be recognized for equity-based compensation plans, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Aggregate unrecognized cost of share-based awards, other than options, made to employees under an equity-based compensation plan, that have yet to vest.

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