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Derivative Financial Instruments - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12 Months Ended |  |  | 12 Months Ended |  |  |  |  |  |
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Sep. 30, 2014 | Sep. 30, 2013 | Sep. 30, 2012 | Sep. 30, 2014 Futures contracts Contract | Sep. 30, 2013 Futures contracts Contract | Sep. 30, 2014 Nomura Fund Linked Note [Member] | Jun. 06, 2014 Nomura Fund Linked Note [Member] | Sep. 30, 2014 Call options | Sep. 30, 2013 Call options | Sep. 30, 2014 Swap Natural Gas Commodity Contract MMBTU | Sep. 30, 2013 Swap Natural Gas Commodity Contract MMBTU | Sep. 30, 2014 Swap Oil Commodity Contract MBbls | Sep. 30, 2013 Swap Oil Commodity Contract MBbls | Sep. 30, 2014 Spectrum Brands | Sep. 30, 2012 Spectrum Brands | Sep. 30, 2014 Spectrum Brands Standby Letters of Credit | Sep. 30, 2012 Spectrum Brands Standby Letters of Credit | Sep. 30, 2014 Spectrum Brands Zinc Commodity Swap Contract T | Sep. 30, 2012 Spectrum Brands Zinc Commodity Swap Contract T | Sep. 30, 2014 Spectrum Brands Brass Commodity Contract T | Sep. 30, 2014 Spectrum Brands Silver Commodity Swap Contract ozt | Sep. 30, 2013 Spectrum Brands Silver Commodity Swap Contract ozt | Sep. 30, 2014 Spectrum Brands Foreign exchange contracts | Sep. 30, 2012 Spectrum Brands Foreign exchange contracts | Sep. 30, 2014 Remainder of 2013 Swap Natural Gas Commodity Contract MMBTU | Sep. 30, 2014 Remainder of 2013 Swap Oil Commodity Contract MBbls | Sep. 30, 2014 2014 Swap Natural Gas Commodity Contract MMBTU | Sep. 30, 2014 2014 Swap Oil Commodity Contract MBbls | Sep. 30, 2014 Cash and Cash Equivalents [Member] Call options | Sep. 30, 2013 Cash and Cash Equivalents [Member] Call options | Sep. 30, 2014 Bank of America | Sep. 30, 2013 Bank of America | Sep. 30, 2014 Derivatives not designated as hedging instrument Bank of America Derivatives Call options | Sep. 30, 2013 Derivatives not designated as hedging instrument Bank of America Derivatives Call options
Derivative Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Derivative, Nonmonetary Notional Amount |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 25 | 45 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other invested assets | $ 165,000,000 | $ 31,200,000 |  |  |  | $ 11,200,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Debt Securities |  |  |  |  |  | 21,600,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Derivative Asset, Collateral, Obligation to Return Cash, Offset |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 188,000,000 | 72,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 135,500,000 | 72,000,000 |  |  | 52,500,000 | 0
Natural Gas, Volume |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6,821,000.0 | 16,018,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4,106,000.0 |  | 2,715,000.0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Derivative, Commodity Contract, Oil Volume |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 254,000.0 | 375.0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 68,000.0 |  | 186,000.0 |  |  |  |  |  |
Contract value |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 17,400,000 | 16,200,000 | 2,800,000 | 400,000 | 1,000,000 | 226,700,000 | 255,900,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Derivative net loss/gain |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5,200,000 | 1,400,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Derivative net loss/gain, net of tax benefit/expense |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3,400,000 | (600,000) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Derivative net loss/gain, non-controlling interest |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3,700,000 | 900,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Estimated amount of derivative net losses/gains to be reclassified from AOCI into earnings over the next twelve months | (2,600,000) | 900,000 | (3,100,000) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5,100,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Derivative, Notional Amount | 7,602,600,000 | 6,407,400,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 108,900,000 | 108,500,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2,239,900,000 | 2,037,800,000 |  |
Weight of raw materials under derivative contract |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8 | 8 | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Derivative, average forward price |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 90.72 | 4.16 | 88.08 | 4.00 |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of production volume covered by derivative financial instruments | 72.00% | 74.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash collateral |  |  |  | 10,800,000 | 5,900,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 500,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Credit Derivative, Maximum Exposure, Undiscounted | 108,300,000 |  | 149,800,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0 | 0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of instruments held |  |  |  | 2,348 | 1,693 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Investment Owned, Balance, Principal Amount |  |  |  |  |  |  | 35,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Embedded Derivative, Fair Value of Embedded Derivative Liability |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 11,300,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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