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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015 | Mar. 31, 2014 | Mar. 31, 2015 | Mar. 31, 2014
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Effective income tax rate | 1.70%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations | 19.20%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations | (3.90%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations | (77.20%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, at Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate, Percent | 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate |  |  |
Income tax (benefit) expense | $ (4.0)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit | $ (13.3)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit | $ 12.8 us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit | $ 25.0 us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Increase Decrease In Fair Value Of Equity Conversion Feature Of Preferred Stock |  | 3.5 hrg_IncreaseDecreaseInFairValueOfEquityConversionFeatureOfPreferredStock |  | 50.7 hrg_IncreaseDecreaseInFairValueOfEquityConversionFeatureOfPreferredStock
Component of Income Tax Benefit Expense, Impairments, Nonrecurring [Member] |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Income tax (benefit) expense |  |  | $ 12.3 us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit / hrg_ComponentofincometaxbenefitexpenseAxis = hrg_ComponentofIncomeTaxBenefitExpenseImpairmentsNonrecurringMember |

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