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Debt - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	Apr. 14, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	May. 19, 2015	May. 06, 2015	Feb. 27, 2015	Dec. 15, 2014	Sep. 11, 2014	Aug. 29, 2014	May. 14, 2014	Jan. 21, 2014	Dec. 18, 2013	Feb. 28, 2013
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Cash Received from Exercise of Stock Options								$ 0	$ 200,000
Long-term debt							$ 6,408,400,000	5,194,500,000
Repayments of Other Debt							3,050,500,000	770,900,000	1,608,500,000
Write-off of discount (premium) and debt issuance costs on retired debt							12,800,000	9,200,000	29,300,000
Amortization of debt issuance costs							22,100,000	21,000,000	18,100,000
Other assets							954,700,000	421,900,000
Interest Expense							429,700,000	321,900,000	511,900,000
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Five							20,900,000
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount (Premium), Net							25,700,000	36,700,000
Asset-based loans							335,800,000	811,600,000
Amortization of debt discount							$ 4,800,000	$ 4,600,000	3,000,000
Federal Funds Rate [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate							0.50%
Eurodollar [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate							1.00%
Minimum [Member] \| LIBOR \| Compass Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate								1.75%
Minimum [Member] \| ABR \| Compass Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate								0.75%
Maximum \| LIBOR \| Compass Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate								2.75%
Maximum \| ABR \| Compass Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate								1.75%
Compass Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Collateral, nominal value											$ 80,000,000
Term Loan Due December 17, 2019 \| LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate					2.75%
HGI
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Cash Received from Exercise of Stock Options							$ 4,100,000
Long-term debt							1,736,400,000	$ 1,325,000,000
Write-off of discount (premium) and debt issuance costs on retired debt							0	0	10,800,000
Amortization of debt issuance costs							4,400,000	3,500,000	2,700,000
Interest Expense							124,200,000	89,700,000	120,100,000
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Five		$ 864,400,000			$ 864,400,000
Amortization of debt discount							$ 1,800,000	$ 1,500,000	500,000
HGI \| 7.875% Senior Secured Notes, due July 15, 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt	$ 100,000,000		$ 700,000,000						$ 225,000,000	$ 160,000,000
Long-term debt, interest rate		7.875%	7.875%		7.875%					7.875%
Redemption price of debt instrument to percentage of principal amount			100.00%
Debt instrument principal amount redemption percentage			35.00%
Proceeds from repurchase of equity, percentage			107.875%
Original maturity date			90 days
Required Debt Principal Outstanding Subsequent to Equity Financed Redemption, Percent							65.00%
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage	104.50%		99.40%						101.50%	104.50%
Debt issuance costs	$ 2,000,000		$ 20,000,000		$ 2,500,000				$ 5,100,000
HGI \| 7.875% Senior Secured Notes, due July 15, 2019 \| Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, interest rate							7.875%	7.90%
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Five								$ 604,400,000
HGI \| Seven Point Seven Five Percent Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt								$ 750,000,000		$ 140,000,000				$ 200,000,000			$ 200,000,000
Long-term debt, interest rate							7.75%	7.75%		7.75%
Redemption price of debt instrument to percentage of principal amount			100.00%
Debt instrument principal amount redemption percentage			35.00%
Proceeds from repurchase of equity, percentage			107.80%
Original maturity date			90 days
Required Debt Principal Outstanding Subsequent to Equity Financed Redemption, Percent							65.00%
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage								100.00%		98.51%							100.00%
Debt issuance costs				$ 5,600,000	2,200,000	$ 3,700,000
Spectrum Brands [Member] \| CAD Term Loan, Due June 23, 2022 [Member] \| Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt								$ 0
Long-term debt, interest rate							4.40%	0.00%
Spectrum Brands [Member] \| 6.375% Senior Notes due 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt							$ 520,000,000.000
Debt issuance costs							12,900,000
Spectrum Brands [Member] \| 6.375% Senior Notes due 2020 \| Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt							$ 520,000,000	$ 520,000,000
Long-term debt, interest rate							6.375%	6.40%
Spectrum Brands [Member] \| 6.625% Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, interest rate							6.625%
Debt issuance costs							$ 14,100,000
Spectrum Brands [Member] \| 6.625% Notes \| Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt							$ 570,000,000	$ 570,000,000
Long-term debt, interest rate							6.625%	6.60%
Spectrum Brands [Member] \| Seven Point Seven Five Percent Senior Unsecured Notes [Member] \| Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt		$ 300,000,000			300,000,000			$ 300,000,000
Interest Expense Debt Call Premium					16,900,000
Write-off of discount (premium) and debt issuance costs on retired debt					4,100,000
Spectrum Brands [Member] \| Five Point Seven Five Percentage Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt		$ 1,000,000,000			$ 1,000,000,000		$ 1,000,000,000	$ 0
Long-term debt, interest rate		5.75%			5.75%		5.75%	0.00%
Deferred Finance Costs, Gross		$ 19,700,000			$ 19,700,000
Spectrum Brands [Member] \| Term Loan Due September 4, 2019 \| Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt								$ 509,900,000
Long-term debt, interest rate							0.00%	3.60%
Spectrum Brands [Member] \| Term Loan Due September 4, 2019 \| Interest Rate Floor [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Percentage Bearing Variable Interest, Percentage Rate		0.75%			0.75%
Spectrum Brands [Member] \| Term Loan Due September 4, 2019 \| ABR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Percentage Bearing Variable Interest, Percentage Rate		3.50%			3.50%
Spectrum Brands [Member] \| 6.375% Notes and 6.625% Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, interest rate							6.375%
Minimum percentage of aggregate outstanding principal held by registered holders					25.00%
Spectrum Brands [Member] \| Six Point One Two Five Percentage Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt							$ 250,000,000	$ 0					$ 250,000,000
Long-term debt, interest rate							6.125%	0.00%
Debt issuance costs					$ 4,600,000
Minimum percentage of aggregate outstanding principal held by registered holders					25.00%
Spectrum Brands [Member] \| Six Point Seven Five Percentage Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, interest rate							6.75%
Spectrum Brands [Member] \| Six Point Seven Five Percentage Senior Notes [Member] \| Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt							$ 0
Long-term debt, interest rate							0.00%	6.80%
Spectrum Brands [Member] \| Term Loan Due September 4, 2017 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt																		$ 215,000,000
Spectrum Brands [Member] \| Term Loan Due September 4, 2017 [Member] \| Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt							$ 0	$ 648,400,000
Long-term debt, interest rate							0.00%	3.00%
Spectrum Brands [Member] \| Term Loan Due September 4, 2017 [Member] \| Interest Rate Floor [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Percentage Bearing Variable Interest, Percentage Rate		0.75%			0.75%
Spectrum Brands [Member] \| Term Loan Due September 4, 2017 [Member] \| Interest Rate Cap [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Percentage Bearing Variable Interest, Percentage Rate		3.00%			3.00%
Spectrum Brands [Member] \| Term Loan Due September 4, 2017 [Member] \| ABR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Percentage Bearing Variable Interest, Percentage Rate		2.00%			2.00%
Spectrum Brands [Member] \| Term Loan Due December 17, 2019 \| Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt							$ 0
Spectrum Brands [Member] \| Term Loan Due December 17, 2019 \| Interest Rate Floor [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Percentage Bearing Variable Interest, Percentage Rate		0.75%			0.75%			2.50%
Spectrum Brands [Member] \| Term Loan Due December 17, 2019 \| ABR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Percentage Bearing Variable Interest, Percentage Rate		3.00%			3.00%
Spectrum Brands [Member] \| Term Loan, Due June 23, 2022 [Member] \| Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Discount rate							510000000.00%
Amortization of Financing Costs and Discounts							$ 10,400,000
Debt issuance costs							18,500,000.000
Spectrum Brands [Member] \| Abl Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt							$ 0	$ 0
Long-term debt, interest rate							0.00%	0.00%
Asset based lending revolving credit facility		$ 500,000,000			$ 500,000,000
Fidelity And Guaranty Life Holdings \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, interest rate							5.25%
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate at Period End							0.00%	0.00%
Line of cedit, amount outstanding							$ 0	$ 0
Fidelity And Guaranty Life Holdings \| 6.375% Senior Notes, Due April 1, 2021 \| Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt							$ 300,000,000	$ 300,000,000
Long-term debt, interest rate							6.375%	6.40%
FGLH [Member] \| FGL Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount							$ 150,000,000								$ 150,000,000
FGLH [Member] \| FGL Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Excess Statutory Capital over Requirement								$ 910,000,000
Compass \| Compass Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit agreement, partnership required to enter into derivative financial instruments, minimum percentage covering forecasted proved natural gas production, year one							80.00%
Line of credit agreement, partnership required to enter into derivative financial instruments, maximum percentage covering forecasted proved natural gas production, year one and two							100.00%
Line of credit agreement, partnership required to enter into derivative financial instruments, maximum percentage covering forecasted proved natural gas production, year three							90.00%
Line of credit agreement, partnership required to enter into derivative financial instruments, maximum percentage covering forecasted proved natural gas production, year four and five							85.00%
Line of cedit facility, covenant terms, ratio of indebtedness to EBITDAX							5.75
Compass \| Maximum \| Compass Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of cedit facility, covenant terms, ratio of indebtedness to EBITDAX							3.50
Compass \| EXCO/HGI JV Credit Agreement, due February 14, 2018
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, interest rate							2.80%	2.70%
Line of cedit, amount outstanding								$ 243,200,000
Compass \| EXCO/HGI JV Credit Agreement, due February 14, 2018 \| Compass Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Fair Value of Amount Outstanding							$ 327,000,000
Compass Production Partners [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate Description							0.002
Compass Production Partners [Member] \| Compass Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate at Period End							2.95%
Compass Production Partners [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate Description							175
Compass Production Partners [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Alternate Base Rate (ABR) [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate Description							75
Compass Production Partners [Member] \| Maximum \| LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate Description							275
Compass Production Partners [Member] \| Maximum \| Alternate Base Rate (ABR) [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate Description							175
Salus Capital Partners LLC \| Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
VIE, consolidated carrying amount obligations							$ 356,800,000	484,000,000
Asset-based loans									$ 331,100,000										$ 175,500,000
Salus Capital Partners LLC \| Minimum [Member] \| LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate							2.37%
Salus Capital Partners LLC \| Maximum \| LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate							11.50%
Salus Capital Partners LLC \| Unaffiliated long-term debt of consolidated variable-interest entity
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt							$ 40,400,000	$ 193,000,000
Long-term debt, interest rate							0.00%	6.70%
VIE, consolidated carrying amount obligations							$ 39,600,000	$ 192,000,000
Salus Capital Partners LLC \| Secured Borrowings Related to non-qualifying participating loan interests [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt							$ 8,800,000	$ 106,800,000
Long-term debt, interest rate							10.50%	10.80%
Salus Capital Partners LLC \| Collateralized Loan Obligations [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt							$ 357,700,000					$ 578,500,000
Repayments of Other Debt							152,600,000
Exchange of Senior Secured Notes for Senior Unsecured Notes [Member] \| HGI \| 7.875% Senior Secured Notes, due July 15, 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt								$ 320,600,000
Exchange of Senior Secured Notes for Senior Unsecured Notes [Member] \| HGI \| Seven Point Seven Five Percent Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt								350,000,000
Exchange of Senior Secured Notes for Senior Unsecured Notes [Member] \| HGI \| Five Point Seven Five Percentage Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal Amount of Debt Received in Exchange																$ 1,091,700,000
Debt, face amount																$ 1,000,000,000
Euro Member Countries, Euro \| Spectrum Brands [Member] \| Interest Rate Floor [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Percentage Bearing Variable Interest, Percentage Rate		2.00%			2.00%
Euro Member Countries, Euro \| Spectrum Brands [Member] \| Euro Term Loan, Due December 19, 2021 [Member] [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt													$ 150,000,000
Euro Member Countries, Euro \| Spectrum Brands [Member] \| Euro Term Loan, Due December 19, 2021 [Member] [Member] \| Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt		$ 300,000,000			$ 300,000,000
Euro Member Countries, Euro \| Spectrum Brands [Member] \| Euro Term Loan, Due September 4, 2019 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt																		225,000,000
Euro Member Countries, Euro \| Spectrum Brands [Member] \| Euro Term Loan, Due September 4, 2019 [Member] \| Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt							255,800,000
Euro Member Countries, Euro \| Spectrum Brands [Member] \| Abl Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount (Premium), Net		(5,700,000)			(5,700,000)
Debt issuance costs					1,100,000
United States of America, Dollars \| Spectrum Brands [Member] \| CAD Term Loan, Due June 23, 2022 [Member] \| Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt							55,700,000
United States of America, Dollars \| Spectrum Brands [Member] \| Term Loan Due September 4, 2019 \| Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt							0
United States of America, Dollars \| Spectrum Brands [Member] \| Euro Term Loan, Due September 4, 2019 [Member] \| Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt							$ 0	$ 283,300,000
Long-term debt, interest rate							0.00%	3.80%
United States of America, Dollars \| Spectrum Brands [Member] \| Term Loan Due December 17, 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt																		$ 513,300,000
United States of America, Dollars \| Spectrum Brands [Member] \| Term Loan Due December 17, 2019 \| Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt								$ 34,200,000
Long-term debt, interest rate							0.00%	5.10%
United States of America, Dollars \| Spectrum Brands [Member] \| Term Loan, Due June 23, 2022 [Member] \| Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
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Long-term debt, interest rate							3.90%	0.00%
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount (Premium), Net		7,700,000			7,700,000
Deferred Finance Costs, Gross							$ 8,100,000
United States of America, Dollars \| Spectrum Brands [Member] \| Abl Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt issuance costs		467,300,000
Canada, Dollars \| Spectrum Brands [Member] \| CAD Term Loan, Due June 23, 2022 [Member] \| Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
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Debt issuance costs		$ 32,700,000