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Business Combinations and Asset Acquisitions (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	6 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023	Mar. 31, 2022
Acquistions [Abstract]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired	$ 0.0	$ (0.2)

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Acquistions [Abstract]

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of a business, net of the cash acquired from the purchase.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 13
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=126954810&loc=d3e3213-108585

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