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Derivative Financial Instruments - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended																	12 Months Ended					12 Months Ended
	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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Aggregate notional amount of derivative expressed in nonmonetary units. For example, the number of barrels specified in a fuel oil forward purchase contract.

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Aggregate notional amount specified by the derivative(s). Expressed as an absolute value.

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The aggregate fair value of assets that are already posted, at the end of the reporting period, as collateral for derivative instruments with credit-risk-related contingent features.

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Amount of obligation to return cash collateral under master netting arrangements offset against derivative assets.

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