Supplemental Cash Flow Disclosures (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Cash paid during the period for:
Interest	$ 23,981us-gaap_InterestPaidNet	$ 22,038us-gaap_InterestPaidNet
Income taxes	35,700us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaidNet	33,155us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaidNet
Change in accounts payable related to property, plant, and equipment	$ 6,470	$ 8,600

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Change in accounts payable related to purchases of property plant and equipment

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- Definition

The amount of cash paid during the current period to foreign, federal, state, and local authorities as taxes on income, net of any cash received during the current period as refunds for the overpayment of taxes.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 230

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6367179&loc=d3e4297-108586

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The amount of cash paid for interest during the period net of cash paid for interest that is capitalized.

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