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Debt - Summary of Debt (Detail) € in Millions, $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended |  |  |  |
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Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2017 EUR (€) | May 06, 2017 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Two | $ 897.0 |  |  |  |
Document Period End Date | Sep. 30, 2017 |  |  |  |
Long-term debt | $ 5,870.9 |  |  | $ 5,635.6 |
Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Five | 2,154.2 |  |  |  |
Original issuance (discounts) premiums on debt, net | (20.7) |  |  | (22.8) |
Debt Issuance Costs, Net | (76.1) |  |  | (87.0) |
Total Debt | 5,774.1 |  |  | 5,525.8 |
Non-current portion of debt | 5,595.4 |  |  | 5,267.8 |
HGI |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Long-term debt | 1,718.3 |  |  | 1,711.2 |
HGI | 7.875% Senior Secured Notes, due July 15, 2019 |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Two | $ 864.4 |  |  |  |
HGI | Seven Point Seven Five Percent Senior Unsecured Notes [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Long-term debt |  |  |  | $ 890.0 |
Long-term debt, interest rate | 7.75% | 7.75% |  | 7.75% |
Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Five | $ 890.0 |  |  |  |
Spectrum Brands [Member] | Four Point Zero Percent Senior Notes [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Long-term debt |  |  |  | $ 425.0 |
Spectrum Brands [Member] | Other notes and obligations |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Long-term debt | $ 14.7 |  |  | $ 16.8 |
Long-term debt, interest rate | 10.70% | 10.70% |  | 9.80% |
Spectrum Brands [Member] | Capitalized lease obligations |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Long-term debt | $ 258.6 |  |  | $ 114.7 |
Long-term debt, interest rate | 5.70% | 5.70% |  | 5.50% |
Spectrum Brands [Member] | Six Point One Two Five Percentage Senior Notes [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Long-term debt | $ 250.0 |  |  | $ 250.0 |
Long-term debt, interest rate | 6.125% | 6.125% |  | 6.10% |
Spectrum Brands [Member] | Five Point Seven Five Percent Senior Notes Due July 15 2025 [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Long-term debt | $ 1,000.0 |  |  | $ 1,000.0 |
Long-term debt, interest rate | 5.75% | 5.75% |  | 5.80% |
Salus Capital Partners LLC |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Long-term debt | $ 22.2 |  |  | $ 30.3 |
Salus Capital Partners LLC | Unaffiliated long-term debt of consolidated variable-interest entity |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Long-term debt | $ 28.9 |  |  | $ 39.7 |
Long-term Debt, Percentage Bearing Variable Interest, Percentage Rate | 0.00% | 0.00% |  | 0.00% |
Salus Capital Partners LLC | Secured Borrowings Related to non-qualifying participating loan interests [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Long-term debt |  |  |  | $ 2.0 |
Long-term debt, interest rate | 0.00% | 0.00% |  | 0.00% |
Secured Debt [Member] | Margin Loan, due July 13, 2018 [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Long-term debt | $ 50.0 |  |  |  |
Secured Debt [Member] | HGI | 7.875% Senior Secured Notes, due July 15, 2019 |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Five |  |  |  | $ 864.4 |
Long-term debt, interest rate | 7.875% | 7.875% |  | 7.90% |
Secured Debt [Member] | Spectrum Brands [Member] | Term Loan, Due June 23, 2022 [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Debt Issuance Costs, Net | $ (2.7) |  |  |  |
Secured Debt [Member] | Spectrum Brands [Member] | Four Point Zero Percent Senior Notes [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Long-term debt, interest rate | 4.00% | 4.00% |  | 4.00% |
Secured Debt [Member] | Spectrum Brands [Member] | 6.375% Senior Notes due 2020 |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Long-term debt | $ 0.0 |  |  | $ 129.7 | $ 520.0
Long-term debt, interest rate | 6.375% | 6.375% |  | 6.40% |
Secured Debt [Member] | Spectrum Brands [Member] | 6.625% Senior Notes, due November 15, 2022 |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Long-term debt | $ 570.0 |  |  | $ 570.0 |
Long-term debt, interest rate | 6.625% | 6.625% |  | 6.60% |
Secured Debt [Member] | HGI Funding, LLC [Member] | Margin Loan, due July 13, 2018 [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Long-term debt | $ 50.0 |  |  | $ 0.0 |
Secured Debt [Member] | United States of America, Dollars | Spectrum Brands [Member] | CAD Term Loan, Due June 23, 2022 [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Long-term debt | 59.0 |  |  | 54.9 |
Secured Debt [Member] | United States of America, Dollars | Spectrum Brands [Member] | Term Loan, Due June 23, 2022 [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Long-term debt | $ 1,244.2 |  | $ 250.0 | $ 1,005.5 | $ 1,450.0
Long-term Debt, Percentage Bearing Variable Interest, Percentage Rate | 0.00% | 0.00% |  | 3.60% |
Secured Debt [Member] | United States of America, Dollars | Spectrum Brands [Member] | Euro Term Loan, Due June 23, 2022 [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Long-term debt | $ 0.0 |  |  |  |
Long-term Debt, Percentage Bearing Variable Interest, Percentage Rate | 0.00% | 0.00% |  | 3.50% |
Secured Debt [Member] | Euro Member Countries, Euro | Spectrum Brands [Member] | Euro Term Loan, Due June 23, 2022 [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Long-term debt | $ 300.0 |  |  | $ 63.0 |
Secured Debt [Member] | Canada, Dollars | Spectrum Brands [Member] | CAD Term Loan, Due June 23, 2022 [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Long-term debt | $ 75.0 |  |  |  |
Long-term Debt, Percentage Bearing Variable Interest, Percentage Rate | 4.90% | 4.90% |  | 4.60% |
Unsecured Debt [Member] | Spectrum Brands [Member] | Four Point Zero Percent Senior Notes [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Long-term debt, interest rate | 4.00% | 4.00% |  | 4.00% |
Unsecured Debt [Member] | Euro Member Countries, Euro | Spectrum Brands [Member] | Four Point Zero Percent Senior Notes [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Long-term debt | $ 501.0 | € 425.0 |  | $ 477.0 |
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | Spectrum Brands [Member] | Abl Revolving Credit Facility [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Long-term Debt, Percentage Bearing Variable Interest, Percentage Rate | 0.00% | 0.00% |  | 0.00% |
Line of Credit Facility, Fair Value of Amount Outstanding | $ 0.0 |  |  | $ 0.0 |
Debt Issuance Costs, Net | (2.6) |  |  |  |
FGL [Member] | Salus Capital Partners LLC |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Long-term debt | $ 48.1 |  |  | $ 65.9 |
FGL [Member] | Salus Capital Partners LLC | Unaffiliated long-term debt of consolidated variable-interest entity |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Long-term Debt, Percentage Bearing Variable Interest, Percentage Rate | 0.00% | 0.00% |  | 0.00% |
Corporate and Other [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Long-term debt | $ 1,896.4 |  |  | $ 1,846.4 |
Non-current portion of debt | $ 1,793.3 |  |  | $ 1,747.7 |

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