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Income Taxes (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Interest And Penalties Related To Liabilities For Income Tax Expense | For the three and six months ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, we recognized the following amounts as income tax-related interest expense and penalties:
|  | Three Months Ended December 31, |  | Six Months Ended December 31,
|  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Interest expense (recovery) |  | $ | 1,904 |  |  | $ | (2,041 | ) |  | 4,232 |  |  | (187 | )
Penalties expense (recovery) |  | (78 | ) |  | (3 | ) |  | 160 |  |  | 36 |
Total |  | $ | 1,826 |  |  | $ | (2,044 | ) |  | $ | 4,392 |  |  | $ | (151 | )
Interest Accrued And Penalties Accrued Related To Income Tax Expense | As of December 31, 2013 and June 30, 2013, the following amounts have been accrued on account of income tax-related interest expense and penalties:
| As of December 31, 2013 |  | As of June 30, 2013
Interest expense accrued * | $ | 21,601 |  |  | $ | 18,210 |
Penalties accrued * | $ | 6,264 |  |  | $ | 6,045 |
* | These balances have been included within "Long-term income taxes payable" within the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

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