Cash-settled share-based payment provision - Assumptions used to calculate share-based payment expense (Details)	12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2018
SARs with no CPTs
Share-based payment transaction
Risk-free interest rate	6.96%
Expected volatility	35.74%	28.61%
Expected dividend yield	4.76%	3.58%
SARs with CPTs
Share-based payment transaction
Expected volatility	35.83%	27.16%
Expected dividend yield	4.99%	3.51%
Expected forfeiture rate		5.00%
Minimum \| SARs with no CPTs
Share-based payment transaction
Risk-free interest rate		6.88%
Minimum \| SARs with CPTs
Share-based payment transaction
Risk-free interest rate	6.64%	6.88%
Maximum \| SARs with no CPTs
Share-based payment transaction
Risk-free interest rate		7.09%
Maximum \| SARs with CPTs
Share-based payment transaction
Risk-free interest rate	6.96%	7.63%

The expected volatility of the share price used to calculate the fair value of the share options granted. Expected volatility is a measure of the amount by which a price is expected to fluctuate during a period. The measure of volatility used in option pricing models is the annualised standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a period of time.

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The implied yield currently available on zero-coupon government issues of the country in whose currency the exercise price for share options granted is expressed, with a remaining term equal to the expected term of the option being valued (based on the option's remaining contractual life and taking into account the effects of expected early exercise). [Refer: Government [member]]

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The percentage of an expected dividend used to calculate the fair value of share options granted.

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